Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
- underdog
- dying and death
- suicide
- navy
- right and justice
- court case
- suspicion of murder
- guantanamo bay
- marine corps
- military court
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tom Cruise
Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Jack Nicholson
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Demi Moore
Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway
Kevin Bacon
Capt. Jack Ross
- Kiefer Sutherland — Lt. Jonathan Kendrick
- Kevin Pollak — Lt. Sam Weinberg
- James Marshall — Pfc. Louden Downey
- J.T. Walsh — Lt. Col. Matthew A. Markinson
- Christopher Guest — Dr. Stone
- J.A. Preston — Judge Randolph
- Matt Craven — Lt. Dave Spradling
- Wolfgang Bodison — Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson
- Xander Berkeley — Capt. Whitaker
- John M. Jackson — Capt. West
- Noah Wyle — Cpl. Jeffrey Barnes
- Directed
- Rob Reiner
- Written
- Aaron Sorkin
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 4,307 ratings
- Studio
- David Brown Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
