Rotten
Although Mr. Trumbo is primarily a screenwriter, screenwriting is only the worst of the film's several failures.
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
Johnny Got His Gun
The most shattering experience you'll ever live.
1971 · 1h 52m · R
Drama, War
Directed by
Dalton Trumbo
Overview
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
Director and cast
- Dalton Trumbo Director
- Timothy Bottoms as Joe Bonham
- Kathy Fields as Kareen
- Marsha Hunt as Joe's Mother
- Jason Robards as Joe's Father
- Donald Sutherland as Christ
- Charles McGraw as Mike Burkeman
- Sandy Brown Wyeth as Lucky
- Don 'Red' Barry as Jody Simmons (as Donald Barry)
- Peter Brocco as Ancient Prelate
- Kendell Clarke Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Instead of belaboring ironic points about the "war to end war," Trumbo remains stubbornly on the human level.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The film is often sentimental, sometimes brilliant as well as horrifying, and it is intriguing to speculate on what Bunuel, whom Trumbo originally wanted to direct, would have made of it.
Time Out
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