Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Jethro Troll I knew nothing about this movie until I happened to catch it one day on TV years ago. I couldn't believe how good it was, and how I've never heard anything about a movie of this caliber. I truly felt like I stumbled upon a hidden gem.The acting is superb, as many of the lead characters were accomplished Broadway actors. It's refreshing to actually see a movie that relies on a good script with actors capable of performing it at a high level, instead of the crappy movies of today that rely on CGI, explosions and breasts. Hollywood should probably take some notes from this movie.The star of the show is Andy Griffith, who plays Will Stockdale, a simple, naive, unsophisticated rube from the South that gets drafted into the military. He's absolutely brilliant in this role, and you really see just how talented he was as a lead comedic actor. The movie basically revolves around Pvt Stockdale, his new friend and bunk mate, Pvt Whitledge (who dreams of being an infantry soldier), and their barracks sergeant, Sgt King. Stockdale's goofiness and unsophistication continually cause havoc for those around him, especially for Sgt King, a lifer that does everything possible to keep things calm but always finds himself in compromising situations thanks to the antics of Stockdale. There is memorable scene after memorable scene, such as Stockdale being named the P.L.O. (Permanent Latrine Orderly), which he thinks is a promotion, and makes all the commodes salute during inspections. There's the night he out drank everybody at the Enlisted Club and walked away unscathed during a fight that gets everybody else in trouble. How he somehow turned the tables on the Doctor during his psychological exam. The airplane scene where everybody thought him and Whitledge were dead. I can go on and on. This movie is just flat-out hilarious from start to finish.Stockdale being such a likable character only helps this movie, as you genuinely find yourself rooting for him when he gets into trouble, and cheering for him as he always seems to muddle his way through them. The acting is tight, the pace is crisp and there is memorable scene after memorable scene in this riot of a movie. If you like comedies, this is a must see.

SanteeFats This is an extremely humorous movie but it isn't even close to reality. Andy Griffith is very good as the hick from the sticks (Will Stockdale). He barely reads, thinks rather slow, strong as an ox even though he isn't built like it, (it is almost a fantasy movie after all), and always seems to look on the bright side of any situation. He passes the tests in his own way. Twisting metal rings together, reading the eye chart as words not letters, out shrinking the shrink, etc. Murray Hamilton plays Irving, a recruit like all the others except put in charge because of some ROTC time. Irving rides the hick until he crosses the line and insults his dad. Stockdale then beats up on four out of five while Nick Adams jumps on the fifth. You see many up and coming actors and some good character actors too. Nick Adams, Jamie Farr, Will Hutchins, Dub Taylor, and the first appearance of Barney Fife, Don Knotts. Some how Will even passes gunnery school although he is at the bottom. After getting sent to an obsolete air base they end up getting involved in a nuke test, jumping out of the plane with Adams using one chute, assumed dead, they show up ten days later just as they are getting posthumous Air Medals. Since generals don't like getting shown up or getting made fun of two of them finagle a transfer to the Army infantry and it all gets swept under the proverbial rug.

wes-connors Georgia hillbilly Andy Griffith (as Will Stockdale) joins the U.S. Air Force after years of having his father scuttle draft notices. Simple-minded but strong, Mr. Griffith befriends small bespectacled Nick Adams (as Benjamin "Ben" Whitledge). In the barracks, Griffith gets under the skin of Sergeant Myron McCormick (as Orville King). In one of the film's more amusing sequences, Mr. McCormick gives a naive Griffith "la-trine" duty. Griffith is proud to be "P.L.O." (Permanent Latrine Orderly), happily scrubbing sinks and toilet seats...Watch for Griffith's future situation comedy co-star Don Knotts in a small role. Interestingly, Griffith's "Will Stockdale" character is more like future pal "Gomer Pyle" than "Andy" of Mayberry. "No Time for Sergeants" had been a rare comedy entry of "The U.S. Steel Hour" (1955) and was adapted for Broadway the following year, both starring Griffith. For this film, some stretching and loss of intimacy is evident.****** No Time for Sergeants (5/29/58) Mervyn LeRoy ~ Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton

bkoganbing For those of you who know Andy Griffith best as the country wise sheriff of Mayberry or as the slick country lawyer Ben Matlock it might come as a surprise that Griffith got his first big career break playing that most ingenuous of military draftees Will Stockdale in No Time For Sergeants first on Broadway and then in this film version. Griffith is such a hick he makes Gomer Pyle look as sophisticated as Noel Coward.Stockdale is one of those people who glides through life while chaos erupts all around him. Because his father William Fawcett had kept his draft letters from him, when the Air Force finally does come to get him. The man whom the chaos effects the most is his sergeant at the classification center played by Myron McCormick in the best world weary tradition he can muster.Stockdale's best friend is Nick Adams, a kid from a military tradition family who wants the Army Infantry and not the Air Force and bemoans his fate through most of the film. He convinces Griffith of the fact that the infantry does the real fighting and everyone else just helps out occasionally. Like many other things Griffith takes them to heart and repeats them verbatim always at the wrong time. It's the heart of the humor in No Time For Sergeants.No Time For Sergeants ran for 796 performances on Broadway during the 1955-57 season and Griffith, McCormick, Don Knotts, and James Milhollin all repeat their roles from Broadway. This not the Andy Griffith Show is the first time Knotts and Griffith work together. Knotts plays a corporal at the classification center administering the manual dexterity test and how Griffith solves it is Gordian Knot like. But his session with psychiatrist James Millhollin is the funniest thing in the film. No Time For Sergeants is one of the best military comedies ever done on stage and screen. Do not miss it if broadcast.