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Ridley Scott directed this flawed but involving study of Lt. Jordan O'Neil (Demi Moore), a Navy topographic analyst who is chosen as a test case for the presence of women in combat. Aware that she is ... read more read more...making history and knowing that 60% of all male trainees will fail the rigorous training, Lt. O'Neil struggles to prove herself physically and mentally worthy of becoming a Navy SEAL. What she doesn't know is that she is being sold out by hardbitten Texas senator Lillian DeHaven (Anne Bancroft in an amusing turn), who is being blackmailed by the Defense Department with politically fatal base closings unless O'Neil fails the program. The complicated political subplot, however, only distracts from the film's real virtues -- the wonderfully staged scenes of CRT selection training -- and fizzles at its climactic moment. The training scenes are wonderful, however, as the central recruits are pushed to their physical limits by a grueling weeding-out process. Viggo Mortensen is outstanding as Master Chief John James Urgayle, a steely-eyed, tough-as-nails instructor who somehow finds time to quote D.H. Lawrence when he isn't making people eat garbage and beating O'Neil senseless as part of a training exercise. Mortensen and the believably-buffed Moore are terrific, and their scenes of confrontation are the film's high points. Unfortunately, the screenplay by David Twohy and Danielle Alexandra falls down every time it attempts to sidestep a cliche, and the climactic mission (involving a downed satellite in the Libyan desert) positively wallows in a predictable Top Gun muddle. Still, the characters are engaging and those looking for an enjoyable variant on the basic-training subgenre of high-octane modern action films should be pleased. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 4 min.

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Release Date: August 22, 1997

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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 13, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    G.I Jane is an pretty interesting film to watch. Directed by Ridley Scott, G.I Jane tells the fictional story of the recruitment and training of the first woman Navy Seals. I don't understand why this film has gotten so many bad reviews. Granted it's not the best Ridley Scott fil... read morem, but it's as hell ain't his worst. People seem to hate this film because it's a different type of film for Scott. Obviously the big thing surrounding the film is the fact that Demi Moore had to shave her head for the part. Though not a perfect film, this is still a pretty good one. Viggo Mortensen is obviously the best actor here. G.I. Jane is a very interesting look at the Navy Seals, though flawed due to Hollywood dramatization. The film does give you an idea of the hard as hell training of the elite Navy Seals. G.I. Jane is a very entertaining film with political overtones due to the fact that the story revolves around a senator trying to further her career by having Demi Moore fail the Seals selection course. Not perfect in any way, G.I Jane however is very entertaining and has some cool scenes of boot camp training. Obviously cliched, the Seals are portrayed as dumb Jarjheads, which is an aspect of the film that doesn't work, because most people in the military are very intelligent and are University graduates. Unfortunately with yet another film like this, the soldiers are seen as dumb sexists, which for the most part isn't true in the military. That would be my only beef with the film. Other than that, G.I Jane is a good film, though not excellent by any means, and definitely isn't Ridley Scott's best. However it's far from his worst. Expect from G.I. Jane an innacurrate but entertaining look at the Seals program, and you may not be disappointed. And as far as I'm concerned, after her dreadful film, Striptease, this is a far better film for Demi Moore, and actually this is her only good performance.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 1, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Awesome perfomance by Demi Moore.
  • TheMachinist
    November 29, 2009
    TheMachinist
    "Suck my dick!"

    Ridley Scott has made several films that are on my top list of all-time movies ('Gladiator', 'Alien'...) and consider him to be one of the most talented directors "on the market". I remember when this film came out and there was a lot of fuzz about Demi Moore's r... read moreole in the movie because... Oh my God, she shaves her hair! After just completing 'Striptease' she sure as hell has a fine body but there's actually pretty much nothing fine about this movie.

    The military needs women. I think that women can manage any role just as long as they have the strength to succeed in more demanding jobs. This is what 'G.I Jane' is all about. The Navy Seals are considered to be one of the toughest groups and now it's time to get a tough ass chick in there. The plot / script is what it is but if I could say it with one word, then the word useless would do just fine. Crap comes next to mind... Instead of making this a story about the strentgth of the human mind, Scott just wants to complete the movie in an easy way. The end conflict sequence is just so utterly bad that I can't really remember it by now (finished the movie 5 hours ago, my first and last time with 'G.I Jane').

    The actors are totally lost and the only thing I could think about was the "Gunther" mustache that Mortensen had and the lost puppy face which Jesus.. sorry, Jim Caviezel had on his face. So nothing special to report here! Next issue!

    'G.I Jane' is by far the worst Ridley Scott film I have seen. I'm not at all surprised that after this movie he had a three year absence before completing 'Gladiator', which is a movie of totally different caliber. Maybe he should take longer breaks in the future as well? Skip this movie, you won't get nothing good out of this.
  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    It?s only just over 10 years old and already its dated really badly! Viggo Mortensen & Anne Bancroft do a good job though!
  • 76Majikat
    August 27, 2009
    76Majikat
    The ultimate movie of sex equality, it does have it?s ?Holywood Action? moments, which are set to dramatic music, but this is certainly my favourite performance by Demi Moore and of course you have to admire her athletic form in this film.

    Incredibly, it took me at least two w... read moreatches of this film before I realised it starred Viggo Mortensen (a neme that keeps popping up recently with surprising results).
  • FiLmCrAzY
    April 24, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    I really liked this film..WOMEN POWER! its great i like the fact demi moore against all odds proves women are just as fit mentally and physically to to battle anything so really worth a watch its action packed and inspirational
  • deano
    January 7, 2008
    deano
    Demi Moore does the most amazing and daring performance of her career in this powerful action film.
  • thmtsang
    September 1, 2007
    thmtsang
    Demi joins the Navy Seals and goes through grilling training.
  • gatorgirl13
    August 5, 2007
    gatorgirl13
    Really good.
  • garyX
    July 17, 2007
    garyX
    All the usual boot camp cliches are in effect here, given a feminist spin as Demi Moore attempts to become the first female Navy Seal. Ridley Scott displays his usual visual panache (although the final action scenes are almost wrecked by some uncharacteristically unsophisticated... read more and jittery camerawork) and it has a grittiness missing from many of these kind of militaristic flagwavers. The fact that it's so predictable and has the inevitably cornball ending means it's hardly Scott's finest hour, but it's a lot better than anything else I've seen Demi Moore in.

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Susan Wloszczyna
January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

It ends up being an unfulfilling exercise in pseudo-feminism.

Rob Gonsalves
February 13, 2008
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

A rabid piece of militaristic pulp with a crucial and commercially shrewd difference: The hero, the soft clay to be molded into a steely instrument of death, is a woman. Full Review

Christopher Smith
May 10, 2007
Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)

From 1997, a movie that explores whether a woman has the grit, the strength and the nerve to survive Navy SEAL training, with a bald Demi Moore sweating, swearing, smoking cigars and fighting in head-... Full Review

Brian Mckay
March 21, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

Unrealistic execution of an intriguing idea - a woman in the Navy SEALS. Moore is intimidating - and built! Viggo Mortensen gives an excellent early performance.

James O'Ehley
February 26, 2003
James O'Ehley, Movie Gurus

The problem isn't that Ridley Scott is the Leni Riefenstahl of the U.S. military industrial complex, but that the man has no politics at all . . . Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 21, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Shows how zeal can be a spiritual dynamo bringing out the best that is in us. Full Review

James Sanford
June 23, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

Moore's typically prickly demeanor, often cited by her detractors as her biggest liability as an actress, actually works to her advantage here, as she unearths the voracious ambition in Jordan's soul. Full Review

Jeffrey Westhoff
June 21, 2002
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Scott oversells every shot.

Bob Satuloff
January 1, 2000
Bob Satuloff, Film Journal International

A simplistic, succeed-against-the-odds fantasy in Simpson-Bruckheimer mode. Full Review

Steve Rhodes
January 1, 2000
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

Rambo but with pretensions. Full Review

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