the latter agreeing to partially ease up on their requirements and pay the employees better while the workers agree to be more cooperative, such as participating in the morning calisthenics, which are now made more enjoyable with the addition of aerobics class-style American rock music. Main cast Both Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy turned down the role of Hunt Stevenson. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 33% rating based on reviews from 21 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 48% based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B" on scale of A to F. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote: "It's more cheerful than funny, and so insistently ungrudging about Americans and Japanese alike that its satire cuts like a wet sponge." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave it a positive a review and wrote: "The film would be funnier and more provocative if it took a stronger stand on one side or the other, but Howard chooses to hedge his bets, selecting an ending that celebrates brotherhood more than the strongly hinted- at notion that American workers would do well to get off their featherbedding backs." Influence Toyota's executives in Japan have used Gung Ho as an example of how not to manage Americans. Vehicles used Factory scenes took place in the Shadyside stamping plant in Shadyside, Ohio and in the Fiat plant in Córdoba, Argentina. The Fiat Regata and Spazio were used in various stages of completion. In the film, returning from his trip to Japan, Michael Keaton's character is depicted deplaning a Beech 1900, operated by Colgan Air. Soundtrack References External links 1980s buddy comedy films 1980s English-language films 1986 films 1986 comedy films American buddy comedy films Films about automobiles Films scored by Thomas Newman Films adapted into television shows Films directed by Ron Howard Films set in factories Films set in Pittsburgh Films set in Tokyo Films shot in Argentina Films shot in Pennsylvania Films shot in Tokyo Films with screenplays by Babaloo Mandel Films with screenplays by Lowell Ganz 1980s Japanese-language films Japan–United States relations Japan in non-Japanese culture Paramount Pictures films Films about Japanese Americans Comedy films about Asian Americans 1986 multilingual films American multilingual films 1980s American films