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Name: Private Benjamin
Released: 1980-10-10
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker

Private Benjamin

R
1h 50m
1980

83%

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Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn stars as a rich girl who mistakes the army for a country club and enlists in this sophisticated comedy. Twenty-eight-year-old Judy Benjamin (Hawn) has been pampered, indulged, coddled and overprotected her whole life. But when her wealthy bridegroom dies on their wedding night, for the first time ever she must find a job. Meeting an unscrupulous army recruiter and reading the glossy promotional materials, Judy believes she can solve all her financial problems while losing weight. Now, shocked when she discovers the real army, Judy surprises everyone--including herself--by transforming into a lean, mean fighting machine.

Director:

Howard Zieff

Producer:

Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller

Writer:

Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller

Cast:

Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: Private Benjamin proves a potent showcase for its Oscar-nominated star, with Hawn making the most of a story that rests almost completely on her daffily irresistible charm.

Reviews

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

John M. McGuire

Whether the collaboration of three screen writers gave this sometimes delightful, sometimes interminable motion picture an identity crisis, is anyone's guess.

The film doesn't spoof the U.S. military as much as it pokes fun at people too fragile or ill-prepared for strict discipline, physical fitness, and zealous teamwork.

...a fairly familiar premise that's mostly employed to affable effect by filmmaker Howard Zieff...

March 14, 2020

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El Pais (Spain)

Jesús Fernández Santos

Within the limitations of the genre, this story of private Benjamin ends up being entertaining at times. It doesn't add anything new, but it brings to us a new and special performance from the brilliant actress Goldie Hawn. [Full Review in Spanish]

"Private Benjamin" seems coarse, sluggish and interminable as a comedy scenario, but the profoundly depressing aspect of it is that Goldie Hawn appears to be receding as a comedienne and emerging as a boss lady.

June 25, 2017

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