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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert[Furie) retains the ability to make a picture move, grow on us and involve us. That’s what happens during The Boys in Company C.
- 70Time OutTime OutGruelling yet humorous look at a bunch of Marines through training and posting to Vietnam in 1968, this turns every war film cliché upside down: transistor radios grind out rock music over the life-and-death patrols, and the GIs behave less like soldiers than shambling tourists.
- 60The Boys in Company C is a spotty but okay popcorn trade drama about five young Marines and how their lives were changed by duty in the Vietnam war. Laden with barracks dialog and played at the enlisted man's level, the Raymond Chow production, directed well by Sidney J. Furie, features strong performances by some very fine actors.
- 60The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe director, Sidney J. Furie, brings the film energy and he keeps the gags and the sentiment coming.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAlthough it definitely falls short of The Deer Hunter or Apocalypse Now, the film is not without interest.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinAs a film about heroism, it is chiefly remarkable for its gutlessness.
- 40Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldThe finished film has no thematic or emotional integrity. It flip-flops withdesperate hypocrisy between clownish antics and indignant orations. [09 Feb 1978, p.B13]