Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

AHOLDER-1 Sound: Great dramatic orchestral score; excellent use of patriotic, spiritual, and environmental music. It really drives the emotions and the story. 100/100 Technical: Lots of nice sound stage production. Great framing, exposure, shot composition, well crafted film, and well done sets. 90/100 Narrative: Some fictionalization to increase dramatic tensions. 85/100 Character/Acting: Great supporting cast and extras. There is just enough comedy to lighten the serious demeanor of the film. The characters are real and believable. Excellent job done by Cooper as his character arcs and struggles against his choices and convictions. 100/100 Did I like it: Yes, a very enjoyable film. 85/100 Artistic merit: A well done patriotic film based on responsibility and convictions. 90/100

Michael_Elliott Sergeant York (1941) **** (out of 4) Excellent bio-picture of Alvin C. York (Gary Cooper), a poor Tennessee farmer whose drunken ways finally get the best of him but he decides to turn his life around to marry the woman (Joan Leslie) that he loves. As he's working for a place to live WWI breaks out and he's drafted but has major reservations about killing.Howard Hawks' SERGEANT YORK was released as World War II was in full bloom and there's no question that this was a propaganda film. You can't help that many young men saw this movie when it was in theaters and hoped that they could become the next York. There's no question that the time was right for Warner to make this picture as it proved to be a box office hit and it also earned a lot of Oscar nominations including a win for Cooper as Best Actor.Even by 1941 there had been countless war movies dating back to the silent era. What works so wonderfully well here is that we're basically given a character study and what a character York was. I was really shocked at how much of the running time was devoted to York while he was in Tennessee but this is where some of the greatest stuff happened. There were some truly great moments of the character struggling with his own thoughts and I thought the film did a wonderful job at really showing off the morals of this character and especially how they would come into play once the war scenes started.As far as the war scenes go, they are certainly very intense and exciting. I'm not going to spoil what happens but director Hawks does a terrific job at showing the difficulty of what York did and the cinematography and editing during this sequence was wonderful. Of course, Cooper's wonderful performance is what really makes the film work as he really does a great job with both sides of this character. The drunken redneck as well as the man that would become an American hero. The film also got some terrific supporting performances by Leslie, Walter Brennan, George Tobias, Dickie Moore, Joe Sawyer and Margaret Wycherly as York's mother.SERGEANT YORK is certainly one of the greatest pictures from this era of Hollywood. Some have attacked it for being propaganda and overly religious but it's important to remember when this movie was made. It certainly had a major impact on the time and it still packs a nice punch after all of these years.

kyleb-85695 Do not believe the good reviews of this movie. There are many things that this movie does that are extremely terrible. The main problem is that HE IS ONLY IN THE WAR FOR A SMALL FRACTION OF THE MOVIE. The rest of this film is basically Little House on the Prairie, except at least that show doesn't make you wanna stab yourself in the eyes and ears with a rusty railroad spike. The sound design in this movie is terrible as well as some of the over the top and unrealistic acting. The mother of York sounds like she is about to drop dead any second. This movie seems like it would be an action filled America movie. But alas, it is bland and disgustingly made to rally people to go to war.

cb2369 Howard Hawks sure knows how to make a film, but it doesn't stop this sad piece of kitsch from being downright boring. You know the whole story right from the beginning, and the only thing that surprises is just how crazily far they'll take it. The movie is more than 2 hours long and it uses every second to cram fake values down your throat like you're a dumb kid in a crappy Sunday school.I registered just to warn people what they were gonna get. I figured I was in for a tight war flick with some imparted knowledge by a master. Instead, I found myself in the midst of a lecture that seemed to get more and more sure of itself as it got crazier and crazier... that's what crazy people do you know.I find that the only way to enjoy this film is to view it as a dark satirical piece akin to Taxi Driver or Apocalypse Now, but even that is hard to believe.