Tom Cruise lends his star power to Doug Liman's American Made, which tells the true story of TWA pilot Barry Seal, who was recruited to work for the CIA before he decided he'd have better luck raking in cash through dirty dealings like arms dealing, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Here's what critics are saying:
- "Cruise is at his best" in "one of the most enjoyable movies of the year," writes Colin Covert at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He calls the film "one of those increasingly rare beasts: a rousing, thought-provoking, cynical blockbuster." But it's also "a morbidly fascinating comedy … delivering the kind of arsenic wit we haven't seen since Goodfellas," he adds.
- Emily Yoshida agrees. "American Made, which is consistently better than it has to be despite still hitting the occasional cliché pothole, is the best Cruise has been in years," she writes at Vulture. "His strangely aging visage is as compelling as ever; at times it looks as if he's being physically dragged toward his 60s against his will" and "it serves the film well," she writes.