The film follows Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a pilot stationed in the Mediterranean who flies bombing missions during World War II. John tries desperately to be certified insane to escape his dire and increasingly absurd situation.
18 September 1924, Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 September 1929, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
22 May 1938, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1941, Forest Hills, New York, USA
21 April 1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 April 1921, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
4 February 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
29 December 1946, Campi Bisenzio, Tuscany, Italy
30 December 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 July 1900, Paris, France
6 August 1938, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
26 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
11 August 1908, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
24 April 1928, New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA
12 November 1916, New Jersey, USA
27 March 1940, Warren, Ohio, USA
6 July 1930, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3 August 1940, Dayton, Ohio, USA
5 May 1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy
July 13, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
3 February 1948, USA
29 December 1938, Yonkers, New York, USA
14 March 1938, Madison, Connecticut, USA
4 March 1938, San Antonio, Texas, USA
July 22, 2005
Released during the Vietnam War, the movie was a commercial failure, but seen from today's perspective, its black humor holds up well.
October 23, 2004
Nichols has done the same thing in "Catch-22" that he did in "The Graduate." He's given us a funny beginning, then switched tones and gone serious.
May 20, 2003
Quite simply, the best American film I've seen this year.
November 23, 2014
The film is cynical and bitterly cold. Nichols has hit one out of three virtues.
October 26, 2008
If you liked M*A*S*H, You'll love this!
August 13, 2003
Flawed, but frequently brilliant.
June 19, 2003
A mess, occasionally a fascinating one.
May 13, 2004
Starts out pretty funny, gets incredibly weird by the end.
May 30, 2005
Still positively chilling.
July 26, 2002
Can't capture the brilliance of the source material ... but does a pretty good job all the same.
February 09, 2006
Though the vertiginously absurdist logic of the book is hopelessly fractured, some of it does filter through (the mostly superb performances are a great help).
October 13, 2008
What a strange and mesmerizing folly.
