Try judging Chris Kyle as a drama figure and not as a symbol of American propaganda

Rating: 9/10 (6 March 2015)

First thing first: i am not a resident of Texas, not even an American citizen and that means that i have no intention to say some inconsiderate statements like "God bless America" as a conclusion to my review, but also i would not dare to characterize the movie as a disaster because i don't like USA's foreign policy.
After all that let's get to the point. We all know that Eastwood prefers to use characters that are tormented by ethical dilemmas and that's exactly what we see in American Sniper. Chris Kyle is a man who tries to balance between the dictates of his own conscience about what truly means to be a soldier and being a good father and husband. Bradley Cooper has succeeded to present the psychological portrait of a man who tries to survive a war, protect his comrades and also deal with the burden of every death he is responsible for. And that's where the eternal question comes: has anyone the right to take a life if he is saving in this way more lives? If the answer is yes, what are the lines between offensive and defensive behaviour and when a sacred (for him) purpose is becoming crime and murder?
These are the purposely unanswered from the director questions that have to put into thought each one of us. And that's the point where the spectators of this film are unfortunately divided into two groups: the first one thinks that the film is an hymn to American patriotism and the second group that blindly reprobates the film because they cannot separate art frοm politics and every member of this group believes that the movie is a vehicle of American propaganda.In my opinion, they are both wrong. The director strongly disapproves the practices of any war but also wants to show to the world how difficult is for a man to live with the war wounds both in his body and his soul.
Finally a special reference must be done for Sienna Miller who had an excellent performance as the wife who has to support her husband in his life choices but cannot raise a family by her own and plays the role of the equalizer in Kyle's life.