The 84-year-old's deep appreciation of the masculine -- its conflicts, its appeal, its evolving truths -- has added texture to our understanding of violence, warfare and more. At least as it is represented onscreen.
American Sniper
The most lethal sniper in U.S. history.
2014 · 2h 13m · R
Action, War
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
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American Sniper
Overview
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
Director and cast
- Clint Eastwood Director
- Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle
- Sienna Miller as Taya Renae Kyle
- Kyle Gallner as Goat-Winston
- Cole Konis as Young Chris Kyle
- Ben Reed as Wayne Kyle
- Elise Robertson as Debbie Kyle
- Keir O'Donnell as Jeff Kyle
- Luke Sunshine as Young Jeff Kyle
- Kevin Lacz as Dauber
- Troy Vincent as Pastor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
American Sniper romanticizes Kyle, whose bestselling memoir, which put him on talk-show appearances, included boastful stories of dubious authenticity. What remains is distilled and dramatized, a story of loss, the story of the universal soldier.
The fluidity and tension of the battle scenes is breathtaking, Eastwood at his cinematic best. But it's the ever-tightening knot inside of Kyle the director really wants to understand.
If American Sniper fails at being a truly great film, it is no fault of its star.
The film is, simply, a tragedy in which American certainty comes to grief against the rocks of the real world, and it views its central figure as a decent man doing indecent things for what he keeps telling himself is a greater good.
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