Synopsis
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.
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Cast
- Brad PittGen. Glen McMahon
- Anthony Michael HallGreg Pulver
- Emory CohenWilly Dunne
- John MagaroCory Staggart
- Topher GraceMatt Little
- Daniel BettsSimon Ball
- Aymen HamdouchiBadi Basim
- Alan RuckPat McKinnon
- Anthony HayesPete Duckman
- RJ CylerAndy Moon
Recommandations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
War Machine is the first of Australian filmmaker Michod's three films...to have a dominant sense of humor. What unites it with its predecessors is Michod's fierce intelligence and formidable directing skill. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The film's scabrous, sometimes arch, other times spot-on critique ultimately comes together in an effective finale that retroactively puts a better light on the entire film than might have seemed possible during some of the earlier, rougher moments. - 67
IndieWire
The movie veers from the broad doomsday satire of the “Dr. Strangelove” variety to a more subtle portrait of institutional failure, and doesn’t always succeed at modulating its tones, but it’s nevertheless a searing critique. - 50
Screen Daily
This satire boasts plenty of ideas but is only occasionally compelling. - 50
Slant Magazine
Writer-director David Michôd's film renders existential crises of American entitlement dull and tedious. - 50
The A.V. Club
This is the most bizarre lead performance of Pitt’s career, as he plays McMahon as a stroke victim doing the world’s worst impression of George Clooney. - 40
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, David Michôd’s supposedly Helleresque romp, released on Netflix, is an imperfect non-storm of unsuccess. - 35
TheWrap
What’s most dispiriting about War Machine is that you can sense the satire it wants to be — and could have been — but never becomes.
