1941
PG

1941

La folie gagne Hollywood

1979 • 118 min • Comedy · War · Action

Our family guide

Best from age 12
80
Movie Knight Score
721 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 58 Audience · 718 · 47%

Après l'attaque de Pearl Harbor, une panique généralisée s'empare de la Californie. Cette comédie anarchique suit une série d'événements absurdes et croissants, y compris un sous-marin japonais au large des côtes et des citoyens se préparant à une invasion imaginée.

Violence & peril
5/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Violences burlesques et comiques
  • Quelques allusions humoristiques légères
  • Représentations de la panique liée à la guerre

What it models well

  • Le courage dans les périodes de chaos
  • L'esprit communautaire (parfois mal avisé)
  • La résilience sous la pression

Talk about it after

  • Les anxiétés en temps de guerre
  • Comment les rumeurs et la peur peuvent se propager
  • La différence entre le patriotisme et la panique

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Top billed cast

Director: Steven Spielberg • Crew: Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Zemeckis, John Milius, Bob Gale

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Reviewer notes

Recommended

Anyone remember "The Mouse that Roared" (1959)? Well this reminded me of that, only nowhere near as good or funny. Days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine that probably couldn't find it's own way back home stumbles into Los Angeles harbour. Shame prohibits them from returning home without some sort of victory honour, so they decide to decimate Hollywood.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

In short, 1941 is gloriously unhinged chaos! I saw it 3 times in the theaters!! John Williams delivers an absolutely brilliant, swaggering score that punches every scene. It's messy, mad, bonkers and totally unforgettable type of movie! I absolutely love this flick!!!!

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

**_Spielberg’s wild comedy about the West Coast’s response to Pearl Harbor_** This is basically a melding of "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" with the over-the-top zaniness of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," both of which were made by the same production team.…

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Details

TMDB audience
5.8/10 (718)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$35,000,000
Box office
$94,900,000

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