Synopsis
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
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Cast
- Donald SutherlandHawkeye Pierce
- Elliott GouldTrapper John
- Tom SkerrittDuke Forrest
- Sally KellermanMaj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
- Robert DuvallMaj. Frank Burns
- Roger BowenLt. Col. Henry Blake
- René AuberjonoisFather Mulcahy
- David ArkinWade Vollmer
- Jo Ann PflugLt. 'Dish' Schneider
- Gary BurghoffCpl. 'Radar' O'Reilly
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
We laugh, that we may not cry. But none of this philosophy comes close to the insane logic of "M*A*S*H," which is achieved through a peculiar marriage of cinematography, acting, directing, and writing. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
Clever camera setups, Altman's patented overlapping dialogue, wonderful sight gags and situations, and universally fine ensemble performances combine to make this one the most enjoyable war-themed films ever. - 100
Time
M.A.S.H., one of America's funniest bloody films, is also one of its bloodiest funny films. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
It is fresh and spontaneous, plausible at its most logically improbable, thanks to Altman's superior direction, Lardner's script, the fine selection of actors and to an omnipresent camera under director of photography Harold E. Stine and operator Bill Mendenhall. - 80
Empire
Bitterly funny with perfect set-piece after perfect set-piece. - 70
Chicago Reader
A somewhat adolescent if stylish antiauthoritarian romp about an irreverent U.S. medical unit during the Korean war - 70
Variety
In the end M.A.S.H. succeeds, in spite of its glaring faults, because Gould, Sutherland, Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug as the delicious Lt. Dish, and Roger Bowen, as the goof-off commanding officer who is bright enough to recognize his junior officers' medical competence and stay out of their way, are all believable and bitingly funny in their casual disdain for the Army. - 60
The New York Times
Although it is impudent, bold, and often very funny, it lacks the sense of order (even in the midst of disorder) that seems the special province of successful comedy.
