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  Review by josh lewis ★★

  wolf of war street

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★½ 5

  oh yeah, i saw this not at cannes. it doesn't really work, in large part because neither the film nor Brad Pitt's weirdly misjudged performance ever finds the line between satire and abject sadness. the last 30 seconds are ace, tho.

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  Review by Logan Kenny ★★★★ 3

  don't get the complaints about the tone of the film being unclear about what it wants to be, the melancholy is present from the start, and it interlinks comedy and tragedy perfectly, the surreal is just a disguise for the real which eventually forces its way in. this is a depressing film ingrained with some upbeat moments but it's all about failure, and realising that your entire life and all your sacrifices was based off of a lie. shocked and pleased at how much this targeted obama's role in this pointless war, he was the commander in chief and he did fund, support and continue these operations, just cause he was likeable doesn't change that. it obliterates the idea of…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★½ 1

  It's apparently not enough for this to be merely toothless and obvious, so there's also a lengthy scene smack in the middle where Tilda Swinton shows up as a reporter at a press conference to bluntly spit out the movie's thesis (and that's on top of the obnoxious narration). Also disappointing on the Manic Pitt scale.

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  Review by 👽hayley👽 ★★ 1

  this movie was only created to show what happens after u break up with angelina jolie and why you Should Not Do It

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  Review by sree ★ 4

  i feel like i've aged thirty years since i put this on

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  Review by Dawson Joyce ★★★★ 1

  An absurdist sociopolitical satire and commentary where the comedy and the tragedy are one in the same, War Machine is another strong effort from writer and director David Michod, with a great lead performance from the always reliable Brad Pitt and a well-handled interlinking between humor and drama.

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  Review by bloodbubb1e ★½

  So Brad Pitt’s character in this was the inspiration for the voice of Steve Carell’s General Naird in Space Force…

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  Review by joshhh ★★★½

  Quickie:
  Honestly, not the tonal disaster everyone told me about. It's a sharp and witty commentary on the state of political affairs, and is the kind of film I wanted from last year's Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the difference being that this film has an actual clue of what it wants to be. The drama and the comedy flowed perfectly together in the first in second act. Where the problems start to arise is in the third act, where the editing seems to stumble a bit when it comes to the actual war sequences. It has a hard time cutting between the war and Pitt's storyline without it seeming confused. But I did find some enjoyment in this one, and I'm glad David Michôd was given a place to let lose, even if it was on the small screen.

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  Review by Ezra Cubero ½ 2

  Netflix is f**ked.

  "War Machine" is a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be. Each scene has a completely different tone from the last and none of them flow or have any connection with each other. Every performance is a career worst (Brad Pitt and Ben Kingsley, omg), all the comedy is forced, the pace is sloppy, the direction is bland. This is a terrible, terrible movie.

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  Review by fran hoepfner ★ 1

  no

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  Review by Adrian ★★

  The big problem with David Michôd's War Machine is that it doesn't find the line between the different genres it's trying to tap into. It's not snappy enough to be a satire, it doesn't go deep enough to be a drama, and it's not funny enough to be a comedy. War Machine constantly jumps from one genre to another without ever being concise. There are some enjoyable bits and pieces, but they didn't help to keep my attention throughout the whole running time, which is also way too long, by the way. Also, Brad Pitt's character seems to be pretty interesting, to be honest, but not for a second was he able to slip into this role. Something which makes this movie even more disappointing. All in all, War Machine can easily be skipped.

  The final scene is brilliant, tho.

  P.S.: If you are looking for a snappy political satire, go and watch In the Loop instead.