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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn Officer and a Gentleman is the best movie about love that I've seen in a long time.
- 90The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinUndeniably, there's an element of corniness to this. But that doesn't keep An Officer and a Gentleman from being a first-rate movie - a beautifully acted, thoroughly involving romance.
- 90VarietyVarietyAn Officer and a Gentleman deserves a 21-gun salute, maybe 42. Rarely does a film come along with so many finely-drawn characters to care about.
- 88TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe performances are uniformly strong, with Gere offering some of his best work - though it pales in comparison with Gossett's tour de force as the tough, principled Sgt. Foley.
- 80Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrAn awesomely, stiflingly professional piece of work, with a fleet, superficial visual style, perfectly placed climaxes, and a screenplay (by Douglas Day Stewart) that doesn't waste a single character or situation - everything is functional, and nothing but functional.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenFrom its title on down, An Officer and a Gentleman (at the Plaza) is both a thoroughly rousing crowd-pleaser and a shamelessly manipulative banner-waver, a homage to the never-practiced ethics of a non-existent era. [28 Jul 1982]
- 50Boston GlobeBoston GlobeAn Officer and a Gentleman has so many echoes that it never finds its own voice. [29 Jul 1982]
- 40TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThe result is a Big Mac of a movie, junk food that somehow reaches the chortling soul.