A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film based on Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play of the same name. Directed by Rob Reiner, who produced the film with David Brown and Andrew Scheinman, was written from a screenplay by Sorkin himself and stars an ensemble cast, including Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kiefer Sutherland.

Plot
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Although Kaffee is known for seeking plea bargains, a fellow lawyer, Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), convinces him that the accused marines were most likely carrying out an order from a commanding officer. Kaffee takes a risk by calling Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) to the stand in an effort to uncover the conspiracy.

Why It's A Good Movie

 * 1) This film is very faithful to broadway, where it never took any liberties.
 * 2) Rob Reiner did an amazing job directing this film, like The Princess Bride and Misery.
 * 3) Brillant acting from Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon. Even the acting Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kiefer Sutherland are still awesome.
 * 4) They got Aaron Sorkin, the creator of broadway, as the screenplay.
 * 5) Awesome soundtrack by Rob Reiner's other recurring composer Marc Shaiman.
 * 6) It connected to the themes what they are look like.
 * 7) Likable and awesome characters, like Lieutenant (junior grade) Daniel Kaffee, USN, JAG Corps, Colonel Nathan R. Jessup, USMC, and Commander JoAnne Galloway, USN, JAG Corps.
 * 8) The scenes with baseball is really fun.
 * 9) Awesome cinematography, even for Rob Reiner movie.

Reception
A Few Good Men received universal acclaim for its screenwriting, direction, themes, and acting (particularly that of Cruise, Nicholson, and Moore). On Rotten Tomatoes, A Few Good Men has an approval rating of 83% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 7.09/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "An old-fashioned courtroom drama with a contemporary edge, A Few Good Men succeeds on the strength of its stars, with Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, and especially Jack Nicholson delivering powerful performances that more than compensate for the predictable plot.". On Metacritic the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 60 films in the history of the service to earn the score.

Trivia

 * As part of their WrestleMania Goes Hollywood promotion for WrestleMania 21 in 2005, WWE parodied the courtroom scene from this film, with John Cena and John Bradshaw Layfield in Cruise and Nicholson's roles respectively.

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