When Judy jumps out of the plane rather than comply, he attempts to have her transferred far from Biloxi as soon as possible. Judy quickly discovers she was chosen for paratrooper training because the unit's commander finds her attractive after the other trainees have jumped from the plane, he attempts to sexually assault her. After a brief romance, Henri returns to Paris and Judy begins training with an elite paratrooper unit, the Thornbirds. Upon completion of basic training, Judy and her friends spend the weekend on leave in New Orleans, where she meets Henri Tremont, a French doctor there for a medical conference. ![]() Judy does complete her training after a war games exercise in which her squad exposes an affair between a member of her training platoon and a rival company officer (with whom Lewis was also having an affair), and takes the leaders of both sides hostage. Ross, the drill sergeant, frustrate Judy-but when her parents arrive at Fort Biloxi to take her home, berating her for "punishing" them with her decisions, she decides to stay and finish basic training. She wants to quit almost immediately, but is astonished to find out, contrary to the assertions of her recruiting sergeant, that she cannot leave.Īrmy regulations and the continual disapproval of both Captain Doreen Lewis and SFC L. He also pitches the service as a getaway, comparing it to a spa vacation, but Judy has a rude awakening upon arriving at basic training, realizing the recruiter conned her. Emotionally adrift, Judy tells her story on a radio call-in show and meets another caller, Army recruiter SFC James Ballard, who leads her to believe military life will provide the "family" she seeks. Judy Benjamin, a 28-year-old Jewish woman from a sheltered wealthy upbringing whose lifelong dream is to "marry a professional man", is devastated after Yale Goodman, her new husband, dies on their wedding night during sex. 59 on Bravo's list of "100 Funniest Movies". 82 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years.100 Laughs list, and No. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980, and also spawned a short-lived television series starring Lorna Patterson as Judy Benjamin, with Brennan reprising her role as Captain Lewis. (View photos: SNEAK PEEK: The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin)Įd's Note: The "PEP Review" section carries the views of individual reviewers, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the PEP editorial staff.Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, and Harvey Miller, and starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante. The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin is one of the 8 official entries to the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival. Watch the post-credits snippet to get a peek at the next assignment the Praybeyt-turned-Colonel Benjamin Santos VIII is only too willing to accept. Do we see a third movie in the horizon? The possibility is not too far-fetched. Vice and Direk Wenn Deramas’ tandem has already raked in millions at the box office with the Praybeyt Benjamin franchise, and the MMFF has yet to wrap up its first week. That is, if you are not looking for a lesson in history, a love story, or a good scare, and would settle for a light and funny action comedy. Save for one loophole in the plot – the conflict between Bimby and the father he feels never really loved him remains unresolved – Praybeyt Benjamin 2 is worth your couple of hours at the cinema this holiday season. ![]() His camaraderie with Vice off-screen is noticeable in their scenes together. ![]() ![]() Bimby himself has shown improvement in delivering his lines since his movie debut in My Little Bossings last year. Kris Aquino makes a cameo appearance as Bimby’s mom, and allusions are inevitably made to her own MMFF entry this year, Feng Shui 2.
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