CLASSIC MOVIES: A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)

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Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of The Internet Movie Database]:

A Navy lawyer defends two Marines accused of murder.
Four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

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REVIEWS:

"[Jack] Nicholson is in his own league. .... In the course of only a handful of scenes, he seems to suffuse the entire production, giving it a weight, density and point that might not otherwise be apparent. .... The screenplay is a good one, directed with care and acted, for the most part, with terrific conviction. Among the supporting players who do exceptional work are Kiefer Sutherland...J.T. Walsh...Kevin Bacon...and [Wolfgang] Bodison, a new young actor whose performance as the more prominent defendant gives the film its melancholy shock value. [Tom] Cruise, [Demi] Moore and [Kevin] Pollak are perfectly adequate in less flashy roles. .... They have to play it comparatively straight, which must be maddening when the actors around them are having such a colorful time. .... 'A Few Good Men' is a big commercial entertainment of unusually satisfying order."

-- Excerpt from The New York Times; December 11, 1992