This is a deceptively simple film. The comedic antics pull their audience into the work, but its treatment of the setting is remarkable and – I think – a lot braver than many of us released at the time.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 1, 2024

Robin Williams's performance is the main reason why Good Morning, Vietnam remains one of the funniest films of all time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2022

Williams is a one-man army, easily carrying the film with his larger-than-life personality and ceaseless energy.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 22, 2022

Forest Whitacker, Robert Wuhl, Bruno Kirby, and Noble Willingham round out a fine supporting cast but Williams is the movie’s heart and soul.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

Represents unfavorable days in the horoscopes of its respective stars. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 1, 2022

Robin Williams has a role practically tailor made for his irreverent, yet uniquely sensitive personality.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020

Robin Williams was finally given a showcase for his extraordinary improvisational skills in this, the first comedy set in Vietnam.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 26, 2017

The film is distinctive for being Hollywood's first Vietnam comedy and among the first movies to treat the Vietnamese themselves as real people.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2017

Tailor-made for Williams' manic improvisational mugging qualities.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2017

The film is all Williams; he has a field day with this character and this country and this period in history, with all its horror -- and comedy.

| Nov 8, 2016

Good Morning, Vietnam proved that Robin Williams could act and be hilariously funny in the same film.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 7, 2012

Robin Williams at his scatalogical finest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2011

From the start, the film bowls you over with excitement and for those who can latch on, it's a nonstop ride.

| Oct 18, 2008

Levinson serio-comedy about Vietnam is first and foremost a star vehicle for comedian Robin Williams, who gives a manic, highly-charged performance as the real-life dj Adrian Cronauer in the early years of the War.

| Original Score: B | Feb 14, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 8, 2006

Williams' work in the movie's more dramatic scenes is as heartfelt and humane as his monologues are rib-tickling.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 21, 2006

A perfect showcase for Robin Williams.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 24, 2006

Good Morning Vietnam remains one of my favorite films about the Vietnam war because of its comedic take and ability to slip into real drama when needed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 18, 2006

a story about a mere class clown becoming a man at the gates of Hell.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 17, 2006