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...attempt to cash in on every '40s movie cliche not used in Rocky and most of those that were. Set in 1946, the story tells of three downtrodden brothers who dream of breaking out of Manhattan's impoverished Hell's Kitchen: a lame World War II vet (Armand Assante), a loudmouthed schemer (Stallone) and a dumb but sweet aspiring wrestler (Lee Canalito). As Alice Kramden of TV's The Honeymooners might put it, what we have here are a gimp, a blimp and a simp...
...what about that Princeton win? "Oh, God, it was excellent. We deserved it," said co-captain Mary Howard. While Seidler leads this year's unit via her cool, steely professionalism and determination, Howard represents a bubbly enthusiastic contrast. The Princeton win was particularly sweet for the four-year varsity vet, who believes this year's squad is the closest-knit ever...
...second half started slowly. For several minutes the Jeffs fought gallantly to get back into the game. Again it was the Crimson fullbacks, particularly vet rans Langton and John Sanacore, who turned the momentum back in Harvard's favor with tenacious defense and sharp, counter-attacking passes...
...year Army vet, I find nothing new about the winning-is-bad idea now being preached. The U.S. Government has done it for 30 years with the military. They called it Korea and Viet...
...anti-war, sensitive film. As the wife of a bonkers Army Man (brilliantly played, save for the cop-out deus ex machina, by Bruce Dern), Fonda gives one of the best performances of her rather spotty acting career. She is frustrated, repressed and lonely until she meets a crippled vet in an army hospital. That vet--played by Jon Voigt --turns her life around and brings himself to peace in the process. Voigt steals the film with a brilliant performance. Its philosophy may be a beat oatmealish, but it's still interesting and worthwhile...