In the Army Now

Starring:Richard Assad, Beau Billingslea, Coleen Christie, Ryan Cutrona, Andy Dick, David Alan Grier, Kenneth O. Kilgo, Art LaFleur, Paul Mooney, Esai Morales, Glenn Morshower, Earl M. Nicholson, Barry Nolan, Lori Petty, Pauly Shore, Peter Spellos, Allen R. Stokes, Fabiana Udenio, Lynn Whitfield
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

Pauly Shore is definitely not one of the few good men army recruitment has in mind for molding into a soldier. But that doesn't stop pacifist Pauly from signing up for a hitch in the reserves in order to cash in on all the great perks, including free room and board and a steady salary for doing minimal work. Now this man's army is putting Pauly to the test. And Pauly the military misfit is serving his country as only he can, and single-handedly putting the army on red alert. Clipped of his curls and scuttling from a scud base in the African desert, he's battling with everything from rules and regulations to power-hungry authority figures and would-be world dictators. Surrendering to the comic crisis of being a soldier who marches to the beat of a different drummer, G.I. Shore is on a mission that promises to score a direct hit.

Customer Reviews:

Another Cool Movie.......2007-03-12

What is the hate with P.Shore? I never understood that because this movie is hilarious! If you are a fan of comedy, then this is a movie that you need to see. Shore surely defined the 90s guy, and this time, the 90s guy is thrown into the Army and then into war. This has to be one of my favorite movies and guilty pleasures because I am always able to find some easy laughs in the movie.

In the Army Now!.......2007-01-19

This was a pretty funny movie. Although, it is not one of the funniest movies I have seen, I can't help but watch it a few times a year. It is not long, so it makes it easy to watch and get a quick laugh. Overall, I would rate this movie 3 out of 5 stars.

HOW TOO FUNNY.......2007-01-09

I loved this movie!! I have a son currently serving our country in Afghanistan and I guess it just brought some fun into a very unfunny experience. It helped me to see boot camp in its true picture, at least from a mother's standpoint. It was good to see some humor in a very staunch experience. NOT FOR CHILDREN THOUGH!!

"Kind Of Like An Emotional Enema".......2006-04-08

This film is typical of the Pauly Shore screwup comedy, but is definitely better than Bio-Dome. Pauly is the definite star of the film with the much less talented Andy Dick playing the sidekick. They join the Army reserve because it's easy money and they choose water purification as their army specialty as that is the least likely in their pea-sized brains to see combat (I bet you can't guess where this is going.)

Before long they are on a mission to Chad and off to war. Now let's ponder this for a moment...this is a Pauly Shore slapstick comedy about making potable water in Chad. As improbable as that sounds for a movie project, that's the bottom line, and before it's over Pauly becomes a war hero and gets the pretty girl with the crew cut.

While most of the movie was pretty lowbrow, there were a couple of things I really liked. My favorite character was Fred Ostroff, played by David Alan Grier, who is a paranoid dental student, and who has the consistently best lines (like the "emotional enema" line from which I took the title of my review) and humorous vignettes, most of which feature dental flossing technique demonstrations.

Far and away, though, my favorite bit in the movie is an ultra-obscure reference the writers slipped in to a very bad movie from 1980, "The Pumaman." Pauly Shore apes the brutish Vadinho when he seductively says to a starlet "I couldn't have done it without the inspirational guidance of my brother the Pumaman." This line won't make sense if you haven't seen "The Pumaman," but for those that have it is pure gold.

The movie is silly and will please fans of Shore and the brain-dead-stoner comedy genre. Three stars for the dentistry and Pumaman references.

Very Good.......2005-11-04

First, off, if it has Pauly Shore it is pretty much guaranteed to be funny. In this comedy, Pauly Shore and his buddy sign up to be in the reserves because they need the money, little does he know when he picks their area of expertise, water clarifacation, that it is something that will actually be needed and they get called into active duty. Watch this movie!