1970 · comedy · war · action
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Directed by Brian G. Hutton2h 24m1970
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Our read: Kelly's Heroes (1970) (1970) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · war · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- intense
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“You want a rowdy, irreverent WWII heist caper with Eastwood, Sutherland and a gold-obsessed crew.”
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