Synopsis
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickEugene Morris Jerome
- Christopher WalkenSgt. Toomey
- Matt MulhernJoseph Wykowski
- Corey ParkerArnold B. Epstein
- Markus FlanaganRoy Selridge
- Casey SiemaszkoDon Carney
- Michael DolanJames J. Hennesey
- Penelope Ann MillerDaisy
- Park OverallRowena
- Alan PottingerPeek
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
The combination of Neil Simon and Mike Nichols has the pair of them back to somewhere near their best. - 80
The New York Times
Biloxi Blues, carefully adapted and reshaped by Mr. Simon, is a very classy movie, directed and toned up by Mike Nichols so there's not an ounce of fat in it. - 75
Chicago Reader
Perhaps this movie isn't as wise or as profound as Simon wants it to be, but it is certainly a cut above sitcom complacency, and packed with wit and charm. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Biloxi Blues works better than the script alone would suggest, thanks to the skillful direction of Nichols and excellent performances from Broderick and Walken. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Nichols gives the piece a funny, fragile somber mood that works almost completely. - 70
Washington Post
Overall Nichols, Simon and especially Broderick find fresh threads in the old fatigues. - 60
Variety
Biloxi Blues is an agreeable but hardly inspired film version of Neil Simon's second installment of his autobiographical trilogy, which bowed during the 1984-85 season. Even with high-powered talents Mike Nichols and Matthew Broderick aboard, World War II barracks comedy provokes just mild laughs and smiles rather than the guffaws Simon's work often elicits in the theater. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Film demands more realism than the theater, and Simon's script is very lightweight as are the outdoor additions to the story. Only Christopher Walken takes a chance with his droll drill instructor role. But it's not enough to save a dismal film.
