Has its Imperfections, but Generally Enjoyable,

Rating: 8/10 (18 October 2017)

American Made is a great movie with a reasonably well developed plot and a solid cast. It's an enjoyable film with a very intriguing story that I was never aware of. Barry Seal certainly lived a fascinating life that was chronicled very well here, we feel for him as a character, but also detest him as a human at points, which made for a varied, well rounded character.
I was really not fond of the way in which this film was made, I get that they were going for something different but it felt unnecessary. It is shot in a sort of documentary style, where the camera is never completely still and it zooms in at weird points, but it is not blatantly pretending to be a documentary, so it simply comes out in a way that's puzzling to look at.
The cast is generally well casted, a lot of the characters are underdeveloped, but the people with meaty roles do a stellar job. Tom Cruise is the star, of course, and really throws himself in to the role of Seal, more so than I have seen from him in a while. Domhnall Gleeson is also terrific as Schafer, stealing every scene he is in, his character is a complete enigma that we are always left wanting to see more of.
Certainly worth the ride. It definitely has its flaws, but American Made is an enjoyable two hours that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good drama or biography film.
Follows the story of Barry Seal, an airline pilot who becomes a drug runner for the CIA in the 1980s.
Best Performance: Tom Cruise