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War machine
Directed by David Michôd · starring Elham Ehsas, Josh McConville and Chris Lew Kum Hoi
- 4 from the press
- 5.7 · 5 votes
War machine: reviews
Reviews
5.7 5 votes
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What the critics say average 5.5 from 4 outlets
- 9.0 Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
American movies are traditionally of two minds about our military might, celebrating it in John Wayne epics and mocking it in everything from "MASH" to "Dr. Strangelove." But "War Machine" has decided, with exceptional results, that it wants it both ways.
Read - 7.0 TimeStephanie Zacharek
Examples of absurdly misguided thinking--on the part of the U.S. military and the government--stack up quickly, and Michôd tracks it all with a sly wink. But even if McMahon is appalling half the time, as Pitt plays him [...].
Read - 4.0 New York PostSara Stewart
Half dark, deliciously topical political satire and half somber portrait of a flailing counterinsurgency effort. The two don?t mesh well, and given the number of modern war movies already out there, it should have stuck with the former.
Read - 2.0 The TelegraphRobbie Collin
A fantastically dreary and flatulent anti-war satire.
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Questions about the reviews of War machine
- What score does War machine have?
- Readers give it 5.7 (5 votes). The critics, 5.5 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about War machine?
- The highest score is Los Angeles Times’s (9.0) and the lowest The Telegraph’s (2.0).