American Made

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American Made

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2017,

1h 55m,

Comedy/

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Adventure

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Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of the Medellín cartel and almost brings down the Reagan White House.

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Critics Consensus

American Made's fast-and-loose attitude with its real-life story mirrors the cavalier -- and delightfully watchable -- energy Tom Cruise gives off in the leading role.

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David Sims

The Atlantic

Oct 13, 2017

But by the time the movie roared to its shockingly grim, remarkably embittered ending, American Made had won me over.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

Oct 7, 2017

It skitters and jumps, shivers and boot-scoots, never, ever sitting still. You could say it's like "Blow," on well, blow. But there's a breezy sunniness to this film, which looks like a faded snapshot reclaimed from an '80s photo album.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Oct 5, 2017

One assumes that Cruise got this film made, yet he's a terrible fit for the role: he's always done his best work portraying smart, insightful characters in dramatic stories, but Seal was a yahoo whose sorry escapades are played here for cynical laughs.

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Colin Biggs

Vague Visages

Dec 1, 2023

American Made might push Cruise further along his evolution to more interesting, character-based roles. One doesn’t expect an immediate return to iconic roles like Vincent Lauria or T.J. Mackey, but hopefully Barry Seal is just the start.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jun 26, 2022

4/5

"American Made" is southern-fried Scorsese Lite, a gumbo of decadent deviance masking over a sharp spice of potentially fatal risks.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 17, 2022

2.5/4

Regardless of its exciting story and sharp ending, the film contains almost no lasting consequence and feels more like an adventure than the story of a real-world scandal, rather troublingly so.

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Abraham R

Apr 2, 2019

American Made, the movie is very loosely based on Barry Seal, a pilot who flew missions for the CIA and drug cartel of Medellin Cartel in the 1980s. It is an entertaining watch, while many of the shenanigans shown are an outright lie, many are based on his colourful adventures. Tom cruises charisma is perfect in portraying the life of this reckless pilot.

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Rey S

Mar 30, 2019

If you want to read the review I wrote for this, go to letterboxd.com/HankIsDead514. I can no longer post long reviews on here and I'm not writing two separate reviews for the same movie.

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George G

Mar 22, 2019

A wonderful biopic about Barry Seal that Tom Cruise made very entertaining. The film does a great job at telling you who Barry Seal really was and tries its best to give you as much accuracy as possible.

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Theodore L

Mar 8, 2019

This movie isn't Tom Cruise's best work, but, for a biopic, it's still an above-average piece of work.

Feb 13, 2019

Nice movie but gave me motion sickness because of shaky camera recording in almost all movie.

Hermione S

Jan 23, 2019

Great movie! Tom Cruise did an awesome job in this and kept my attention for the entirety of it. The story felt fresh and I was not disappointed. I'll probably watch it again.

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Doug Liman

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Tom Cruise

Barry Seal

Domhnall Gleeson

Monty "Schafer"

Sarah Wright

Lucy Seal

Jesse Plemons

Sheriff Downing

Caleb Landry Jones

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Synopsis

Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of the Medellín cartel and almost brings down the Reagan White House.

Director: Doug Liman
Producer: Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Doug Davison, Kim Roth, Ray Angelic, Tyler Thompson
Screenwriter: Gary Spinelli
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Quadrant Pictures, Brian Grazer, Hercules Film Fund, Vendian Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language Throughout)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $51.3M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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