Catch-22 Review
No film could do complete justice to Joseph_Heller's acclaimed novel, which in the early 1960s provided a prescient shorthand for an era of official duplicity. But writer Buck_Henry's adaptation is faithful to the book, and director Mike_Nichols pulls no punches. This biting black comedy and military satire is comparable in some ways to Robert_Altman's MASH, if not quite as funny. The story follows Heller's anarchic structure so closely that at times a viewer can get lost. The fine cast reads like a roster of popular late 1960s male stars, including Alan_Arkin, Martin_Balsam, Jon_Voight, Richard_Benjamin, Martin_Sheen, and Henry himself. Michael Betzold, Rovi
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