Critic Roger Ebert wrote, "TAPS is basically a character study, a portrait of the personalities engaged in the showdown. And, like LORD OF THE FLIES, it observes that adolescent males can easily translate the idealistic lessons they have been taught into a rationale for acting in ways that are rigid, dogmatic, and self-justifying. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19810101/REVIEWS/101010369/1023] | Critic Roger Ebert wrote, "TAPS is basically a character study, a portrait of the personalities engaged in the showdown. And, like LORD OF THE FLIES, it observes that adolescent males can easily translate the idealistic lessons they have been taught into a rationale for acting in ways that are rigid, dogmatic, and self-justifying. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19810101/REVIEWS/101010369/1023] |