War Machine Reviews

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Brad Pitt, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, to be honest, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. The biggest issue, in my opinion, is that it wasn't really a great story to start with. They did try to cover this fact with a rather pretentious voice-over, obviously, to make it sound more clever than it actually was but they didn't fool me. I mean, I do like a smart satirical black comedy but I wonder if it might not have better worked with a more straightforward approach. I also didn't really get how they handled the main character. I mean, one minute, they portrayed him as a very efficient and successful career soldier but, then, the minute after, they would make him look like a complete idiot. It didn't help either that half of the actors were playing it straight while the other half was going for something much more caricatural, especially Brad Pitt who gave here probably one of his most over-the-top performances ever. Anyway, to  conclude, it wasn't really bad but it wasn't good either and it is fairly possible that my rating was actually rather generous for this movie.