Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

SimonJack "Private Buckaroo" doesn't try to be anything more than it claimed to be at the time – an enlistment promo for the Army. It was 1942 and the U.S. had just committed its full force to World War II. While we may like to think that everyone eligible ran to the enlistment offices to sign up after Pearl Harbor (many did, but many more were still needed), there was natural human reticence about war, healthy fear of war and for life, immediate family needs, and other reasons that kept many men, especially, from running to join the ranks. So, Uncle Sam enlisted the support of Hollywood in this and other productions to help convince men and women to join up. We had many other films during World War II, with varying degrees of action, drama, and depictions of the horror and losses of war, as well as the heroics of many people. But films like "Private Buckaroo" were not intended for the same purposes of telling the stories of war. My point with all of this is that this film can't be viewed with other plot-driven movies about the war. It does have a very thin plot that, for the most part today, may seem annoying to many people. But, granting it as a means to string together the entertainment, we can quickly let it go and simply enjoy the tremendous musical performances of this film. The comedy is OK too, but not anything outstanding. My rating for this film is based solely on the performers and the great talents the movie showcases. We have so few films from the first half of the 20th century that include the performances of many of the great swing bands and musical entertainers of the day. This one has some of the very best of the Andrews Sisters and Harry James and his band. For that reason alone, this is worth watching, enjoying and keeping.

annevejb I notice comments praising the music and aliveness of this feature, IMDb comments from some who find that they can enjoy this vintage musical. I found the vision and sound quality to be okay, that the content was entertainment and that the presentation did not detract. An unpretentious storyline, but a better than average musical as it does not have the grit that I experience in such as Oklahoma and South Pacific. * I notice comments looking to the content from an angle of how it was used as propaganda for recruitment and find that interesting and having clarity, but that does not get in the way of me enjoying this particular story. For some that is grit but I can shrug it off in this case.

didi-5 At just over an hour, this film does not exceed its welcome, despite the acquired taste of the Andrews Sisters. Patti, Laverne and Maxene were perky and certainly had good voices, but their screen personalities are either OTT (Patti) or dull (the others). To carry a film, it just doesn't work.Elsewhere there's Harry James and his Music Makers; Harry gets drafted and the band go with him (even the one with a flat foot), and that's about all the plot is.There's a funny restaurant sketch, and some nice songs and music, and the film passes the time without making the viewer cringe. It is a typical flagwaver, a patriotic morale-booster.Oh, and it has a 16-year old Donald O'Connor, showing a flash of promise of what would come later, along with Peggy Ryan.

rsoonsa This is essentially an armed forces recruitment film made by Universal shortly after the U.S. formal entry into World War II, utilizing some comics and swing musicians to raise the patriotic tenor. The wispy plot relates how the entire band of Harry James decides to enlist in the Army to follow its drafted leader, with a subsequent U.S.O. follies being organized directly before the entire group marches avidly into combat. With the exception of the reliable Mary Wickes, the comedians, in particular Joe E. Lewis and Shemp Howard, are dreadful and serve only to make the various musical interludes, notably those featuring the sprightly Andrews Sisters, a welcome relief --- from comedy. Former big band singer Dick Foran, who warbles the title tune, is the featured non-musical performer tasked to deal with the hapless propagandistic script, but 16 year old Donald O'Connor nearly steals the show along with some of his jitterbugging cronies.