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- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWe laugh, that we may not cry. But none of this philosophy comes close to the insane logic of "M*A*S*H," which is achieved through a peculiar marriage of cinematography, acting, directing, and writing.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineClever camera setups, Altman's patented overlapping dialogue, wonderful sight gags and situations, and universally fine ensemble performances combine to make this one the most enjoyable war-themed films ever.
- 100TimeTimeM.A.S.H., one of America's funniest bloody films, is also one of its bloodiest funny films.
- It is fresh and spontaneous, plausible at its most logically improbable, thanks to Altman's superior direction, Lardner's script, the fine selection of actors and to an omnipresent camera under director of photography Harold E. Stine and operator Bill Mendenhall.
- 80EmpireEmpireBitterly funny with perfect set-piece after perfect set-piece.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA somewhat adolescent if stylish antiauthoritarian romp about an irreverent U.S. medical unit during the Korean war
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangIn the end M.A.S.H. succeeds, in spite of its glaring faults, because Gould, Sutherland, Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug as the delicious Lt. Dish, and Roger Bowen, as the goof-off commanding officer who is bright enough to recognize his junior officers' medical competence and stay out of their way, are all believable and bitingly funny in their casual disdain for the Army.
- 60The New York TimesThe New York TimesAlthough it is impudent, bold, and often very funny, it lacks the sense of order (even in the midst of disorder) that seems the special province of successful comedy.