American Made's reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
'American Made' isn?t a major breakthrough, but it still feels like a career progression for Cruise simply by handing him an intriguing role: Adler Berriman ?Barry? Seal.
Screen Daily
There?s no doubt that Cruise is as much a guiding force as the film?s central figure.
Empire
Sarah Wright is great as Seal?s wife, but despite sizeable screentime, the family scenes come across as a subplot.
Cinemanía
"Even if [Liman] is right when it comes to that rush and sharp editing that we could already perceive in Bourne films [...], its soliloquies for the camera are less fortunate even if they are justified by the script"
Variety
As storytelling, however, 'American Made' is both so distracted and so distracting that there?s barely time to consider what it all adds up to.
El Mundo
"A notable biopic [...], where the portrait of the conflicting main character is as protagonist as the fierce political satire [...] a lot of sense of humor [...] Cruise is just perfect"
The Hollywood Reporter
But the confines of a feature film just aren?t roomy enough to do the subject justice without regressing into the kind of star vehicle the industry has come to expect.
The Wrap
The problem is that Cruise, even when trying to cut loose, is always so tightly controlled that we never truly feel the reptilian survivalism of Barry Seal, nor does it feel like anyone on screen is actually enjoying themselves despite the repeated tequila parties and mountains of cash.
The Guardian
But the beamingly ingenuous Cruise, whose character is not burdened with any doubts or an inner life, somehow sells it to you.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote