A Few Good Men Introduces Us to Aaron Sorkin Before He was a Brand

Like The West Wing, A Few Good Men airs its morality proudly, and there’s an innocence to its structure that could only come from a writer who was still figuring out how to tell stories. A thrilling production, the kind that leaves you hanging on every word, could mask the plot machinations you can guess five minutes before they occur. Arden’s customarily luxurious staging isn’t commanding enough to make that happen.