Tom Hanks has become such a solid actor that it has become hard remembering when he was in movies like this. That is not to say that Volunteers is a bad movie, it does have some funny parts and Hanks plays his role quite wel, it just didn't work as a... (read more) Tom Hanks has become such a solid actor that it has become hard remembering when he was in movies like this. That is not to say that Volunteers is a bad movie, it does have some funny parts and Hanks plays his role quite wel, it just didn't work as a whole. Really has the TNT sunday afternoon movie feel.

Can't count how many times i watch this with the floks.
A pure classic.

Did you ever think to yourself, "Man, that Bridge on the River Kwai was okay, but it should have been a comedy!?" Me neither. Bad news: somehow, it exists. Tom Hanks, the star of this crap, has said that there are some movies he wishes he could remov... (read more) Did you ever think to yourself, "Man, that Bridge on the River Kwai was okay, but it should have been a comedy!?" Me neither. Bad news: somehow, it exists. Tom Hanks, the star of this crap, has said that there are some movies he wishes he could remove from his resume. Volunteers should be one of them, but might not be since he met his long-time wife Rita Wilson through it - love shows up at the kookiest times, huh? John Candy is hands down the most irritating part with his lousy Tom Tuttle character, and it's quite embarrassing to see our precious Hanks act a fool and throw away lines in a lame "rich Harvard boy" dialect. If you really want to see Hanks and Candy paired up in a much better film, see Splash. If you see Volunteers on the rental shelf, do me a favor: knock the display case to the ground and "splash" a loogie on it. Anyone with a brain shouldn't care.

This one doesn't quite live up to Bachelor Party, at least as far as Tom Hanks's performance goes, but he has a much better supporting cast with the late, great John Candy, his future wife Rita Wilson, and Tim Thomerson as the creepy CIA guy.

"Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Casablanca" thrown in a blender, topped with '80s hubris. But -- you know -- NOT good.

Hidden gem of a film. One of my favourites. Tom Hanks plays Bill Murray :-)

A silly waste of time. It's one of those movies that they always conveniently skip over when they show a Hanks retrospective. There's a good reason why.