Taps

  • PG (SINGAPORE)
  • 1981


MOVIE IS intriguing original dramatic uncommonly serious
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$ 35 Million
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Positive Reviews 8
Negative reviews 5
Average Rating 2.9/5
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3.8
Taps works as an uncommonly engrossing story, primarily because the performances are so well done. Rogerebert
1.5
A heavy dramatic portrait of military school education with a disturbing shoot em up climax, Taps labors at an unbearably slow pace to an inevitable, .. Variety
1.5
A fascinating first hour is drowned in the clichs of siege cinema. Time Out
1.5
Though it has been seriously directed by Harold Becker and seriously written by Darryl Ponicsan and Robert Mark Kamen, the movie is less serious than .. The New York Times
4.0
This proudly apolitical drama can probably be embraced by people on either side of the ideological fence. E Film Critic
3.0
Entertaining, especially if its musings on military values arent taken too seriously. Radio Times
3.5
DVD Review: In addition to audio commentary by director Harold Becker, theres a brand new documentary, Sounding the Call to Arms: Mobilizing the Taps .. Bullz-Eye
3.0
It examines the danger of power without leadership, and it also reveals what can happen when your home is threatened. 7M Pictures
1.5
The director takes the movie to a melodramatic terrain that lacks any meaning. El Pais (Spain)
1.5
A reactionary movie in which the old jingoistic values appear to be nostalgically glorified. Associated Press
4.5
Taps is a well crafted and original film about the perils of false heroes and uncontrolled militarism. Associated Press
3.8
An ideal script well played out makes Taps one of the more intriguing movies of the season. Los Angeles Free Press
4.5
Taps is a vividly dramatic, thoughtful movie about the place of a rigidly conceived honor in a society gone generally soft.



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