| | Renaissance Man DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Self-Discovery Movies, Military Videos, Mishaps | | Starring | Danny DeVito, James Remar, Ed Begley, Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Cliff Robertson, Gregory Hines, Stacey Dash, Richard Timothy Jones | | Director | Penny Marshall | | Executive Producer | Buzz Feitshans |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English Bill Rago, an unemployed advertising exec, accepts a job teaching English to a group of crude, intelligence-free Army privates. Rago eventually converts them (using Shakespeare), and has a positive effect on their personal lives in the process. An unemployed advertising executive (Danny DeVito) takes a job teaching an underachieving class of Army recruits in this fish-out-of-water story. His radical tactics, though frowned on by the Army, help the students learn, and in turn the kids teach him a thing or two. The film was shot at Fort Jackson in South Carolina where real soldiers were used as extras.
Released in USA June 3, 1994.
Dolby Recording. Shot in Technicolor.
Copyright Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Cinergi Production N.V., and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. Renaissance Man Reviews: "...RENAISSANCE MAN generates its share of laughs, and the filmmakers have done a terrific job of casting the eight recruits with fresh faces who bring the film an inordinate amount of energy..."
-- Brian Lowry, Variety "...DeVito is remarkably good in the role....It seems to have touched something genuine in him....The result is his best screen work since Barry Levinson's TIN MEN..."
-- Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times Renaissance Man Movie Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   Good drama along with good comedy
This movie is very entertaining and heartwarming. I have watched it many times.
Submitted by dorimh (Romeoville, IL) 
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it was an awesome movie!!
Submitted by weberk86 (Wisconsin, USA)
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GREAT!
The movie was very funny. My whole family injoyed themovie.
Submitted by a reviewer (Visalia , Ca , USA)
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This film was released during the controversy of the Gulf War, and in mentioning the heroic deeds of American soldiers during the Vietnam War, it is a vehicle for government propaganda. There are a number of of alluding examples, such as the initial high expectations of the teacher from the students, equivalent of an officer, the punishment for being cowardly, exhibiting non "Renaissance Man" or American behaviour and such a high praise of graduating recruits when the "guardians of the future" and people of the past are mentioned.
Nicholas Vorontsov
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This review is for a different format. best man
this is a good movie
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Expect big, big laughs when funnyman Danny DeVito (TWINS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE) joins forces with talened director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, BIG) to deliver a lively five-star comedy you're going to love! DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck businessman who desperately takes the only job offered -- a teaching position in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert for laughter as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire one another to be all that they can be!
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