Altman handles it all beautifully, with his trademark 'hands off' direction and overlapping dialogue capturing the mood perfectly.

~ Gary Duncan -

Altman handles it all beautifully, with his trademark 'hands off' direction and overlapping dialogue capturing the mood perfectly.

~ Gary Duncan -

The acting is so committed that it sparks the imagination and makes two-and-a-half hours feel inadequate.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The acting is so committed that it sparks the imagination and makes two-and-a-half hours feel inadequate.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Though the tone is lower-key and much darker than in M*A*S*H, there is still some of the sense of the ridiculous which made Altman’s cult classic so watchable.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Though the tone is lower-key and much darker than in M*A*S*H, there is still some of the sense of the ridiculous which made Altman’s cult classic so watchable.

~ Emma Slawinski -

A delightful, genial, lovable movie - the product of an idiosyncratic artist and master storyteller.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A delightful, genial, lovable movie - the product of an idiosyncratic artist and master storyteller.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the end, the story twists itself stupid.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the end, the story twists itself stupid.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Altman has chosen the perfect cast.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Altman has chosen the perfect cast.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -