Amazon.com essential video: Richard Gere plays an enrollee at a Naval officers candidate school, and Debra Winger is the woman who wants him. That's pretty much it, story-wise, in this romantic drama, which is more effective in a moment-to-moment, scene-by-scene way, where the two stars and Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr.--as Gere's tough-as-nails drill instructor--are fun to watch. Sexy, syrupy, with occasional pitches of high drama (Gere having a near-breakdown during training is pretty strong), An Officer and a Gentleman proves to be a no-brainer date movie. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Good Movie, But Poor Guide to Dating
It is great to watch a young and buff Richard Gere evolve from a self-serving bad boy to a caring and involved friend. I absolutely love the scene where Zach helps Segar walk the wall of the obstacle course, including watching the guys go wild with happiness over their triumph.
Debra Winger is a good actress, and you have to hand it to both Gere and Winger that they could pull this movie off when their lack of rapport was legendary. To be fair to Gere, Winger (at least at that time) was known as a habitual problem child on the set of this and other movies. I believe shortly after ... Read More
Rating: - Two thumbs down...
An officer and a gentleman tries to combine two plots: 1) a good-for-nothing tries to make it in the navy and 2) A romance between two people from different social standards. These are two genres that CAN mix, but director Taylor Hackford just didn't succeed. In two hours, he showed 13 weeks of military training, a developing romance and character building. As I said before, this can be done, but Hackford just scratched the surface with every plot. He just took too little time to really show the essence of each plot. Hackford skips entire weeks and that's what killed this movie. If he stuck with ... Read More
Rating: - Realistic
can love overcome a troubled and loveless background? Can a cold heart have the ice melt away? Well,this movie was fascinating and I loved richard gere's character and how he was able to rise above his past to become something better.
Rating: - Eagles Fly from Mountains High: A Powerful Journey
This film is a classic and viscerally honest portrayal of human conflict and personal growth. It clearly depicts working class young adults who sought to break away from past barriers and limitations and build better lives for themselves. It is a coming of age story, where a full spectrum of feelings are explored as young adults learn about fulfilling their potential, building value systems and attempting to fulfill personal desires with honesty and integrity on many levels. Two hot young stars were cast in the leading roles: Richard Gere who was riding high on his recent success in "American Gigolo" ... Read More
Rating: - After years - a really good movie
I first saw this movie years ago when I had a terrible crush on Richard Gere (what a hunk). I recently bought this for "old time sake", watched it again (years later), what a great movie. Richard Gere is a superb actor, so is Deborah Winger. A love story with true grit - more real than most stories I have seen. The one part that everyone seems to love is Deborah standing by the jukebox, desperately trying to act like she is not interested in Gere - was that great acting or what? In the interviews behind the scenes with Richard he says he thought that the ending was too much - too unreal. He was ... Read More
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