The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Chris Stuckmann reviews American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman, Luke Grimes, Navid Negahan, Keir O'Donnell. American Sniper movie reviews & Metacritic score: U.
Less a war movie than a western — the story of a lone gunslinger facing down his nemesis in a dusty, lawless place — it is blunt and effective. Parents need to know that American Sniper is a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), a Navy SEAL sniper with the most confirmed kills on record. Eastwood's Chris is a movie war hero with echoes of Gary Cooper's Sergeant York, the good-ole-boy pacifist who won the Medal of Honor.
Clint Eastwood and a buffed-up Bradley Cooper bring Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the big screen. Bradley Cooper in 'American Sniper.' Warner Bros. As the movie year rushes to redeem itself, it's a kick to see director Clint Eastwood back on his game. Viewers who expect Director Clint Eastwood's American Sniper to be a gung-ho war movie are going to be disappointed as they were on their first blind date. As perhaps the most accomplished marksman in US military history, he's invariably lying on his belly on a dust-blown rooftop, staring down a telescopic sight. "American Sniper" is one of the worst movies I have ever been forced to endure. It is simplistic propaganda masquerading as an award-worthy story.
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Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper's" title role (Courtesy of Warner Bros. The best movies are ever-shifting, intelligent and open-hearted enough to expand alongside an audience. It is loosely based on the memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the.
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