Captain Newman, M.D.

A well acted but very sanitary look a PTSD patient in the military. The biggest downside to the whole thing is the fact that almost nothing gets resolved, with the entire romance angle just getting left by the wayside.

Offbeat comedy-drama about an army psych (Gregory Peck) during WW2 and the people around him - allies, patients, and antagonistic brass alike. Bobby Darin earned an Oscar nom as a cocky tail-gunner with a tragic past; he's good, but the cast as a whole deserved recognition. The mix of comedy and drama doesn't always come off - the comic scenes in particular tend to be a bit broad - and it's dated in aspects, but it works often enough, thanks to the Oscar-nominated script, to be worthwhile.

This tale of a WWII mental ward for fly boys can't decide whether to be a serious look at PTSD or "The Wackiest Mental Ward in the Army." The odd blend might have worked if either the star or the director possessed a sense of humor, but--alas!--neither Peck nor Miller seem to have a feel for comedy. The film lurches from serious scenes to slapstick, and features two textbook examples of overacting: Eddie Albert and Bobby Darin (representing the classical and the method school respectively).