Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
75
(8 sources)
75
(8 sources)
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100
Chicago Sun-Times
An Officer and a Gentleman is the best movie about love that I've seen in a long time. Read Full Review » -
90
The New York Times
Undeniably, there's an element of corniness to this. But that doesn't keep An Officer and a Gentleman from being a first-rate movie - a beautifully acted, thoroughly involving romance. Read Full Review » -
90
Variety
An Officer and a Gentleman deserves a 21-gun salute, maybe 42. Rarely does a film come along with so many finely-drawn characters to care about. Read Full Review » -
88
TV Guide
The performances are uniformly strong, with Gere offering some of his best work - though it pales in comparison with Gossett's tour de force as the tough, principled Sgt. Foley. Read Full Review » -
80
Chicago Reader
An awesomely, stiflingly professional piece of work, with a fleet, superficial visual style, perfectly placed climaxes, and a screenplay (by Douglas Day Stewart) that doesn't waste a single character or situation - everything is functional, and nothing but functional. Read Full Review » -
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
From its title on down, An Officer and a Gentleman (at the Plaza) is both a thoroughly rousing crowd-pleaser and a shamelessly manipulative banner-waver, a homage to the never-practiced ethics of a non-existent era. [28 Jul 1982] Read Full Review » -
50
Boston Globe
An Officer and a Gentleman has so many echoes that it never finds its own voice. [29 Jul 1982] Read Full Review » -
40
Time
The result is a Big Mac of a movie, junk food that somehow reaches the chortling soul. Read Full Review »
