Johnny Got His Gun

Name: Johnny Got His Gun
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1971-08-04
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.8

1971 · 1h 52m · War, Drama

IMDb 7.8 Metacritic 71 RT 67%

This haunting antiwar classic deserves your attention tonight—it's a visceral, unflinching meditation on war's costs that sticks with you long after the credits roll. The strong IMDb score (7.8) confirms what critics have known for decades: this is substantive cinema that rewards the emotional investment it demands. Watch it.

Plot

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

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