There was no shortage of grand-slam WWII action flicks in the 1960s; this is one of the best.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 30, 2024

The Dirty Dozen is every bit that an epic war thriller with an all-star cast should be.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 12, 2023

There’s action aplenty and male bonding under fire, but with a real dark side: [Lee] Marvin’s final solution just seems nasty, not the way we’re used to seeing American heroes behave on the screen

| Jan 7, 2023

An exciting war drama of World War II that will make the viewer cheer "the bad guys."

| May 4, 2022

Notably absent any of the usual pieties about God and country or apple pie Americana, it is a thoroughly rotten picture in the most wonderful ways.

| Mar 19, 2022

A well-directed and highly enjoyable movie which, as a whole, deserves the high crest of financial success it's currently enjoying.

| Dec 13, 2021

Director Aldrich manages to zero in on the griping and grime, the chaos and cohesiveness of Americans at war, and in so doing, makes The Dirty Dozen a clean hit that packs the highest-echelon example of wit and wallop.

| Jun 2, 2021

The Dirty Dozen with a fairly sharp script, plenty of excitement and adventure and a good cast still doesn't swim above the flood tide of over done World War II movie themes.

| Nov 20, 2020

It is another magnificent performance by Marvin. Among his men are Telly Savalas Jim Brown Clint Walker, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Donald Sutherland, Trini Lopez and Al Mancini. Every one is a scene-stealer at one moment or another.

| Nov 20, 2020

In spite of an intelligent performance from Lee Marvin as the officer, director Robert Aldrich spins it out at such length that by the time the men actually get to France one has lost all interest.

| Nov 20, 2020

Robert Aldrich directs with great skill, but can't conceal the spurious ethics and titillating violence.

| Nov 20, 2020

The Dirty Dozen is a powerful motion picture concerned with rugged men bent on a ruthless mission. The climactic sequence is revolting.

| Nov 20, 2020

Is it possible to be seized by a melodrama strung up by its technical dexterity and hauled into a state of willing involvement without quite approving of the film in toe end?

| Nov 20, 2020

The picture's glorification of these swaggering, vicious criminals as heroes, its constant ridicule of discipline and authority and its depiction of the sadistic zeal with which the party goes about [killing] are grossly distasteful, sometimes revolting.

| Nov 20, 2020

An abundance of hilarious humor, injected by Mr. Aldrich, the star, Lee Marvin and the cast, is a blessed relief from the strain of gory details and grim aspects of war, fought by a mere handful of American on foreign soil.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 19, 2020

The film is lengthy, but the minutes are never wasted.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 24, 2020

The Dirty Dozen is not the first movie to treat its audience with contempt. But the film is uncannily, frighteningly in keeping with today's military mentality.

| Jul 18, 2020

The hours fly by, the action is well directed and the laughs are numerous. But relevant connective tissue between the episodes seems to be missing.

| Jul 18, 2020

One of the three or four best American films of the year.

| Jul 18, 2020

Unarguably one of the great war movies of all time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2020