Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.
- date
- ex-girlfriend
- military spoof
- training camp
- private
- army life
- military training
- army cadet
- army training
- war games
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sean Young — Louise Cooper
- John Candy — Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
- John Larroquette — Capt. Stillman
- John Voldstad — Stillman's Aid
- John Diehl — Cruiser
- Lance LeGault — Col. Glass
- Roberta Leighton — Anita
- Conrad Dunn — Francis "Psycho" Soyer
- Judge Reinhold — Elmo
- Antone Pagán — Hector
- Glenn-Michael Jones — Leon
- Directed
- Ivan Reitman
- Written
- Harold Ramis, Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 1,066 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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.
