American Sniper

Name: American Sniper
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Released: December 25, 2014
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller

2014

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2014 | R

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller

Summary: U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and makingU.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the SEAL creed to “leave no man behind.” But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. [Warner Bros.]… Expand

Director: Clint Eastwood

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 132 min

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Richard Corliss

Jan 3, 2015

It shows Eastwood, at 84, in his finest directorial effort since the 2008 "Gran Torino," while painting on a much broader canvas. Utterly in command of his epic material, he films the Iraqi action in terse, tense panoramas with little cinematic editorializing, as if he were an old Greek or Hebrew God who is never surprised at man’s ability to kill his fellow men, or to find reasons to do so. Directing 34 films over 44 years, Eastwood has honed his craft to its essentials: make it seem as if the story is telling itself. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jan 15, 2015

American Sniper may be the hardest, truest movie ever made about the experience of men in war. Why? Because there’s no glory in it. Read full review

Mike Scott

Jan 16, 2015

What we're left with is something sobering but searing, muscular but compassionate. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 22, 2014

Cooper, to his credit, rarely flinches, never chest-thumps and never loses his cool, even when Kyle is starting to lose his. It’s a masterful interpretation of a man with a lot more on his mind and blood on his hands than he was ever inclined to let on. And it’s a performance worthy of Eastwood himself — 50 years ago. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jan 15, 2015

The battle scenes are alternately tense and thrilling, especially during one climactic sequence. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jan 14, 2015

Eastwood doesn’t care about the legend. Instead, he shows us Kyle much as he saw his targets: with that strange combination of extreme intimacy and extreme remove that a long-range sight confers. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Nov 12, 2014

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. Read full review

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mukushle

Dec 30, 2014

One of the major tenets of Clint Eastwood's ebullient career is his commitment to surprising us. He continually pursued unexpected projects - from female boxing to the Japanese wartime point of view. If you were to guess who was going to direct The Bridges of Madison County (1995) or JerseyOne of the major tenets of Clint Eastwood's ebullient career is his commitment to surprising us. He continually pursued unexpected projects - from female boxing to the Japanese wartime point of view. If you were to guess who was going to direct The Bridges of Madison County (1995) or Jersey Boys (2014), Eastwood would be near the bottom of the list.

In 2014 he accomplished one of his best surprises. After years in which he seemed to have lost his touch and even his spirit, Eastwood came roaring back.

American Sniper is essential Eastwood. The film - based on actual sniper Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) who served four tours in Iraq - has intriguing levels and potency. Ennio Morricone's music at the end brings Eastwood's phenomenal career echoing back.

Eastwood can make films that appeal both to conservatives and liberals. That's a rare ability. American Sniper is one of those films.… Expand

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MikeRowagreshan

Dec 10, 2016

Superbly done. Bradley Cooper brilliantly captures the emotions and psyche of a soldier affected by the moral and ethical complexities of war. To the negative reviewers: We might not like the realities of what's behind this story, but these soldiers are the only reason we have the freedomSuperbly done. Bradley Cooper brilliantly captures the emotions and psyche of a soldier affected by the moral and ethical complexities of war. To the negative reviewers: We might not like the realities of what's behind this story, but these soldiers are the only reason we have the freedom to sit home in our comfortable, safe little houses, and criticize their actions. And those same critics presume to have all the answers as to how the soldiers should feel, think, and act in these situations; as if they have battle experience and understand first-hand the psychological effects of having to kill with the end goal of saving lives.… Expand

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friz

Jul 16, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Brilliantly directed at the hands of Clint Eastwood along with a great performance by Bradley Cooper, the story of Chris Kyle is done in all the right sense. We feel every step of the story including the emotional ending when its revealed his character died and its great writing only makes this war drama film even better.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Feb 1, 2015

American Sniper offers an often suspenseful look at the battlefield during the Iraqi War--but, perhaps, the most effective aspect is its deep psychological look into post-traumatic stress. Bradley Cooper adds another fine performance to his resume - with Sienna Miller proves her own worth.

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heatherm

Feb 3, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While this movie undoubtedly has good, dramatic moments, overall it's a superficial treatment of a complex subject. One comedian on the Nightly Show described it as "duck hunt but with Iraqis", and that wasn't an unfair assessment. Even in the rare moments that interaction occurs between the American forces and the people they're invading, the Iraqis invariably turn out to be trying to kill the Americans, a simplistic and uninteresting way to portray them, since the Americans are the only good guys. The enemy sniper, who is intended to be the foil and rival to the American Chris Kyle, is nothing more than a cardboard cutout of a cartoonish villain, complete with long eyelashes and a headscarf. Especially since our protagonist never entertained any doubts about the essential goodness of what he was doing in Iraq, it felt like a simplified and one-sided story about the war.… Expand

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CelticView

Jan 25, 2015

An appalling attempt at movie-making. Bradley Cooper is NOT acting in this film - not sure what he doing, but it is not acting, and, he look ridiculous. The story was OK, but it's delivery bordered on the jingoistic.

Worth a watch, but really not that good.

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zNeverSleeping

Sep 24, 2020

"American Sniper" é um filme raso, presunçoso, que enaltece a imagem de um homem e, ao tentar desenvolvê-lo, acaba deixando claro quão unidimensional o patriota americano pode ser, aos olhos do roteirista alienado.

Clint Eastwood tenta, de todas as formas possíveis, pintar nossa percepção"American Sniper" é um filme raso, presunçoso, que enaltece a imagem de um homem e, ao tentar desenvolvê-lo, acaba deixando claro quão unidimensional o patriota americano pode ser, aos olhos do roteirista alienado.

Clint Eastwood tenta, de todas as formas possíveis, pintar nossa percepção de quem Chris Kyle era. Com um patriotismo exacerbado, um senso de heroísmo que só existe na cabeça de patriotas cegos, uma visão distante da "lenda" que ele foi, uma abordagem do "bem e do mal" - como se isso justificasse alguma coisa; o filme torna-se artificial, e ao tentar aprofundar os traumas que o protagonista passou, tudo se torna deveras contraditório, pois os temas não são abordados de maneira imparcial ou distante. Fica extremamente claro que a direção quer nois vender uma imagem do protagonista, e ao tentar desenvolver qualquer coisa além desses conceitos, ela falha, tornando-o unidimensional.

Há demasiados diálogos expositivos, e eu sei que aqui o proposito era fazer um filme pra todos, mas a obra chegou a um ponto de chamar o publico de burro nos explicando tudo. O senso antagônico criado pelo Sniper adversário é cringe e não funciona, assim como a passagem de tempo existente no filme. Ele passou anos e anos no Iraque, mas a sensação é que ele tá lá há uma semana. O roteiro falha em tentar cobrir toda a vida do atirador de elite, pois nada tem seu tempo de tela desenvolvido, e as coisas acabam se tornando uma bagunça.

Ao invés de trazer uma leitura de personagem rica, aqui os produtores decidem trazer uma visão própria de quem foi o Chris Kyle, forçando conceitos a todo momento, falhando em desenvolvê-lo de maneira funcional, alienando os espectadores e enaltecendo uma imagem que os EUA insiste em passar pro mundo. Nota 0.

Audio: English, with portuguese subtitles - Q60T 50' TV Speakers [5.1]
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