Private Benjamin (1980)

Sep 17th, 2008 by cm1

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When her husband dies in the wedding night Judy decides to join the army. What looks like a bad decision at first, turns out not so bad at all. That is, until her superior makes sexual advances. She is transferred to NATO headquarters in Europe and (re)meets the Frenchman Henri. Judy and Henri decide to marry, but will they?
The jokes in “Private Benjamin” are not particularly original but they are funny, and they are funny because there is a near-great comedienne at the heart of Howard Zieff’s film. With the right director Goldie Hawn’s kookie, goof-ball wooziness was just about perfect and Zieff brings it out. Her character is the kind of woman who needs a good shaking, (Bette Davis would have made mincemeat out of her), but you love her all the same. At least until she starts making a fool of herself with Armand Assante’s French sleaze-ball and the film loses it’s comic momentum.