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War Machine

2017

David Michôd

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hayes, John Magaro, Anthony Michael Hall ...

5.0

4,538

Drama. Comedy A satire of America's war with Afghanistan with a focus on the people running the campaign. The story recreates a U.S. General’s roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody – raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an exploration of a born leader’s ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly. At the story’s core is Brad Pitt’s sly take on a successful, charismatic ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[A] Netflix misfire (...) Everyone has a different idea of what’s funny, but it’s hard to imagine anyone being amused by 'War Machine'"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'War Machine' has trouble maintaining a steady tone, but its climactic, sobering assault ultimately hits the target (...) It's impossible to think of anyone as good as Pitt to play the off-the-leash general."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Not funny enough to be satire, not realistic enough to count as political commentary, not exciting enough to work as a war movie (...) An imperfect non-storm of unsuccess (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The movie’s blend of satiric ideas and their darker implications don’t always gel (...) At its best, 'War Machine' crystallizes the vicious cycle of its title"	NEU
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"A folly and near foolhardy disaster (...) With no plot to speak of, a baggy tangent across Europe in the mid-section, and no forward momentum, 'War Machine' soon descends into the quicksand of its own design and never recovers"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"'War Machine' is a clattering apparatus; inelegant, propulsive and, ultimately, inefficient (...) Brad Pitt’s performance, which aspires to greatness but too often feels muddled and showy when it ought to be incisive"	NEG
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Flat satire, muddled writing, an unconvincing lead performance and all that blah-blah on the soundtrack sink this War on Terror comedy"	NEG

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