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Film · Columbia · 1981

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Stripes

30Leave it.

They join the Army, and the movie likes them better while they're still bad.

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The review

Two losers join the Army because civilian life has quit them. That opening is sadder than the jokes that follow. Basic training is the bit they came for, and they only stumble into competence afterward. You can feel the film relax while they are bad at the work, and care less once they get better.

It is not a mean picture about soldiers. It is a soft one about staying incompetent. The service is a real institution. The movie would rather you remember the shrug. There is no marriage, no child, no town they still owe when the laugh ends. If you wanted the job treated as something a person can learn, this ducks out.

Journal

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No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

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The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

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You've Got Mail

41 instead of 30

You've Got Mail is still a comedy film, and it scores 41 instead of 30. What you gain is household: Courtship built on a concealment.

The eight

4
Industry
They join the Army only after civilian work has quit them.
1
Household
Two men enlist together, and no spouse or child ever shows up.
2
Piety
Conscience never really stops the joke of being bad at the job.
3
Courage
They stumble into competence instead of choosing a hard risk.
4
Republic
The Army is a punchline more than a duty they accept.
3
Temperance
The film likes the incompetence more than the later skill.
4
Truth
Civilian failure is honest; the shrug at the job is the dodge.
3
Stewardship
What it leaves is a laugh at the service, not a unit worth keeping.

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Film · Prime Video · 2026

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A Doctor to Die For

30Leave it.

Medicine is a trust. A poster that breaks it for a scare has not earned an evening.

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The review

The tile is a close face and a title that turns a physician into a body count. Sometimes that story is about a real betrayal of an oath, which is a grave subject. More often it is a white coat as a costume for a thriller. The desk will not invent the chart.

Do not learn what a doctor is from a poster like this. The oath is older than the twist. If the film is actually about the oath, the scores on truth and stewardship can be revisited. Until then it is a scare with a stethoscope.