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Actors: Pauley Shore, David Allan Grier, Andy Dick, Lori Petty
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about In the Army Now |
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Friends Pauley Shore and Andy Dick are down on their luck and broke. On a whim they decide to enlist in the army reserves. They figure this will give them some paid meals and a place to stay for part of the year and maybe they'll learn a job skill and some money. What they don't count on as that their unit actually gets called up. They are shipped off to Africa to fight insurgents. This movie is post-Desert Storm, so is probably supposed to be Arabic/Muslim-type Africans. They join with David Allan Grier and Lori Petty who become part of the squad. Art Lafleur is their tough but fair first sergeant who directs their mission. Unfortunately none of them is really fit for duty and their tour of duty is a comedy of errors.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of In the Army Now |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
If a parody... of
- war movies
How much humor v. drama
- Lot of humor, but significant serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Setting
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- hostile arabs
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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