American Sniper
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U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
What critics thought
AmericanIper landed as a broadly favorable but genuinely contested film: most critics embraced Cooper's physically committed performance and Eastwood's visceral combat staging, while a vocal minority argued the film was too narrow in focus to grapple honestly with the moral complexity of the Iraq War. The sharpest disagreement was over whether the film's tight tunnel vision around Kyle reads as purposeful ambivalence or evasion of difficult questions.
“Both a devastating war movie and a devastating antiwar movie, a subdued celebration of a warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
“American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny, but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely Eastwoodian.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“Director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character, including wife Taya (Sienna Miller), comes through as a person, and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War.”
Inkoo Kang·TheWrap
“The film's just a repetition of context-free combat missions and one-dimensional targets.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“Eastwood's impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Accolades
Genres
War, Action
Cast & Crew
Clint EastwoodDirector
Bradley CooperChris Kyle
Sienna MillerTaya Renae Kyle
Kyle GallnerGoat-Winston
Cole KonisYoung Chris Kyle
Ben ReedWayne Kyle
Elise RobertsonDebbie Kyle
Keir O'DonnellJeff Kyle
Luke SunshineYoung Jeff Kyle
Kevin LaczDauber
Troy VincentPastor
Brandon Salgado TelisBully
Chance KellyLt. Col. Jones
Jason HallWriter
Tom SternCinematographyAmerican Sniper
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
What critics thought
AmericanIper landed as a broadly favorable but genuinely contested film: most critics embraced Cooper's physically committed performance and Eastwood's visceral combat staging, while a vocal minority argued the film was too narrow in focus to grapple honestly with the moral complexity of the Iraq War. The sharpest disagreement was over whether the film's tight tunnel vision around Kyle reads as purposeful ambivalence or evasion of difficult questions.
“Both a devastating war movie and a devastating antiwar movie, a subdued celebration of a warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
“American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny, but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely Eastwoodian.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“Director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character, including wife Taya (Sienna Miller), comes through as a person, and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War.”
Inkoo Kang·TheWrap
“The film's just a repetition of context-free combat missions and one-dimensional targets.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“Eastwood's impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Accolades
Genres
War, Action
Cast & Crew
Clint EastwoodDirectorBradley CooperChris KyleSienna MillerTaya Renae KyleKyle GallnerGoat-WinstonCole KonisYoung Chris KyleBen ReedWayne KyleElise RobertsonDebbie KyleKeir O'DonnellJeff KyleLuke SunshineYoung Jeff KyleKevin LaczDauberTroy VincentPastorBrandon Salgado TelisBullyChance KellyLt. Col. JonesJason HallWriterTom SternCinematographyStream
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