Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Best movie ever!

Admirable film.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This movie lost a lot of opportunities to be a classic. Character development was lacking. Disjointed this movie is, because it cannot decide what its theme is-a peace movie for the hippies and youth, a comedy, or a serious movie. The flick gives a potpourri of these attributes; however, it falls short of the goal. The cast was up to the task. I just feel it missed the mark. I do admire they had the gumption to after this in a very traumatic time in US history!!

OMG I am a Clint Eastwood fan since years and I've never seen this movie thinking it was a war movie and I'm too much into army movies due to some nasty wartime events I was in. But ok, I've had a great time watching and laughing like nuts. Reading some of the dialogs after watching the movie litterally made me cry from laughing. For me it's even a good "feel good" movie. Clint is good, Kojak is better and Donald is just great... Now I realize how much I've missed by not watching the movie before, but now I keep this movie and will definitely watch again many many more times.

I haven't read the other reviews, so I don't know if anybody else has touched on this point, BUT...have you ever seen a movie where it seemed that the parts were written specifically for the actors that played them? This movie seems that way to me. I get the idea, right or wrong, that the screenwriter had Telly Savalas in mind, for instance, for the role of 'Big Joe' before he inserted the first sheet of paper into his typewriter. Ditto for Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, and all the rest. Personality-wise, they all fit into their roles perfectly.With regard to the idea of making a comedy movie set in the midst of war, I suspect that soldiers involved in combat develop their own bitter sense of humor in their attempts to cope with the tragedy all around them.I would have been more offended with the early sub-plot involving 'Big Joe' (Sevalas) and his concern with securing willing French girls for his men to have sex with. What do feminists have to say about that? I'm no expert, but I suspect that soldiers are even more concerned with sex than the 'average man' since they don't know if they'll have the opportunity for one more intimate encounter before they get killed in action.One minor aspect I was very pleased to see was the selection of which unit the characters came from. The script placed them in an outfit that was actually in that part of France in the late summer of 1944. I would have to suspect that the movie was set in September of 1944, since the Americans hadn't yet taken Nancy and there was one sequence where the men are siting around in their t-shorts, apparently quite comfortable.All in all always a lot of fun to watch, whenever it's on TV.

Great war-comedy. Hilarious in its take on the silliness of the military, with a decent amount of drama thrown in. Reminiscent of MASH, the movie and the series, and Catch 22, the book (the movie adaptation was less good). Great performances from an all-star cast. Casting is spot-on: Clint Eastwood as the hard-bitten, decisive, take-command Kelly; Telly Savalas as the tough sergeant; Donald Sutherland as the hilariously insane Oddball; Don Rickles as the deal-a-minute stores sergeant; Carroll O'Connor as the clueless general. Also includes Harry Dean Stanton in a relatively minor role.Also has one of the best and most memorable theme songs of all time - "Burning Bridges" by the Mike Curb Congregation.