Kelly's Heroes

Between the avaricious foot soldiers, the monomaniacal captain, the thrill-seeking, ill-informed general, the liberation being a byproduct disguised as a tactical victory, and the almost-Kubrickian incongruity between the subject matter and a hippie-ish theme like "Burning Bridges," this is one of the most novel critiques of the Vietnam War (using World War II) around. It could be edited better, but it's still incredibly fun with some great performances. A great sister film to Where Eagles Dare.

Silly, overlong war film is nevertheless compelling for its strange sensibilities (juxtaposing vivid violence with a blunt, sardonic sense of humour) and its deliberate, incongruous anachronisms (chiefly Sutherland's wonderful supporting performance as a hippie-ish soldier). Eastwood tends towards wooden here, but Rickles and Savalas are a lot of fun to have around, and the film is very entertaining until the somewhat ponderous, all-action climax.

Great meld between the genres of heist movies and war movies. Donald Sutherland is fantastic and funny, most of the other characters are satisfactory. My only problem with this movie is that Clint Eastwood only has one expression in the entire movie and that is the "I'm looking straight into the sun" expression, although he does put on a half-smile for about a second at the end, but how does that constitute good acting?

Stellar cast, reasonably imaginative story line (for the time), a good mix of humour, action and drama. Sufficient shoot em up action to keep the adrenalin junkies happy but sufficiently quirky (Sutherland in particular) to keep the pace moving and the story lively enough.

lots of positive waves from this war/heist flick..............recommended.

Very enjoyable war/heist caper. Donald Sutherland is pretty hilarious.

Good fun for The Boys! War, action, rebels, humor, scheming, gold - Oh, and Clint Eastwood. How could you ask for more? You couldn't. Make sure to watch "Where Eagles Dare" as well, which is equally excellent (perhaps even more so) and then appreciate the true 'Basterds'

Would have been better if not for that goddamn hippy music they kept playing

A little bit of everything, and isn't banging anyone upside the head with any complex issues. Subtlety.

A most enjoyable war caper, with a great cast; Sutherland in particular brings a lot to the party. There are some nuggets of fairly intelligent commentary underneath the surface, but these don't intrude on the main thrust of the film which pushes forward with a fine sense of humour and a lot of charm. Good entertainment for a Sunday afternoon.

Practically nothing to really enjoy. Maybe except the silly theme song and Donald Sutherland's Oddball. Give me The Dirty Dozen any day over this.

Turns out I've been wrong all along; war is fun...and profitable too. Yay war.

Love the little Eastwood - Leone - western reference in the end.

Fun movie. Its a good one.

You can't go wrong with Clint Eastwood and Don Rickles in the same film. Throw in Donald Sutherland and you're set!

Viewed December 20, 2020.

Don't look for a lot of depth and meaning just a lot of machismo and fun.

This didn't really appeal to me overall. There were some bits of fairly amusing dialogue and some decent action type scenes but there were also too many long, drawn out and fairly bland segments that stopped me from geeling engrossed. I'm not especially keen on older war films, it seems. I'd given this film a shot as I quite like Clint Eastwood films and it got a good average rate on IMDB but I can't give it more than a 5/10 personally and I wouldn't really recommend it as such, no.

Uneven, but the good parts are really excellent.

Sutherland styrer

A truely great and unorthadox warfilm. Lots of fun.

Oddball is one of the better characters created in film history. Some truly quotable moments add the finishing touches to a generally very enjoyable film.

Audience opinion will be heavily influenced by their ability or otherwise to accept and enjoy the anachronisms.

Pretty decent. While the use of Sgt Oddball as a stoner stereotype is a bit annoying, Donald Sutherland pulls off the part with great talent.

Burglary during WWII.

Wonderfully weird war/comedy/adventure story

Some of the most memorable characters ever to appear in a war movie. In addition to showcasing some excellent camera work, this film is hilarious and thought provoking on several levels. Totally different from any other war film I've seen. The weakest link in this film is Clint Eastwood, whose acting skills leave much to be desired!

Fine example of a great war film. Tons of action, explosions everywhere, and a colorful cast of memorable characters.

Sutherland is a Canuck* and that has never been more painfully obvious than in this movie where he's supposed to be a US tank commander. The movie is enjoyable if you've got the mind of a sixteen year old, I guess. (* I like 'em. Really!)

Great war movie, my only gripe would be that Donald Sutherland felt really out of place as a Hippie burnout in 1940's Nazi Germany.

A Sunday afternoon matinee film. Light hearted and bags of charm.

Watched it on Memorial Day. Really great movie about WWII.

Li em algum lugar que o novo filme do Clooney seguia essa linha então o assisti - o elenco maravilhoso ajuda a manter o interesse, especialmente o Sutherland.

Classic war film.

the satire and the characters all work...but the length doesn't. the beginning especially lagged, and i was prepared to rank it lower, but the finale when they reach their destination earned those points back. loved the parody of eastwood's man with no name at the end.

A spaghetti Western set in World War 2. It's really every bit as good as it sounds, though it was unfortunately marred by studio editing decisions. Still, this is excellent and I will defend it to the death.

Tremendously entertaining, though you do need to quiet that voice that goes "Oh, another scene of dozens of people being machinegunned for a few minutes straight?"