That Fake Baby

Rating: 7/10 (22 February 2015)

Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper)'s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife (Sienna Miller) and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he cannot leave behind.
This movie is quite the Rorschach test. Although it does not present the real Chris Kyle (the murderous sociopath) at all, it does give us a film that could be seen as pro-war or anti-war or neither (or both). Clint Eastwood is to be commended for that. If there is a political message to be found, it really is in the eye of the beholder.
But that fake baby. You can praise the film and Cooper's performance (which is decent). You can forgive some of the cheesy parts, like the over-a-mile sniper shot... but that fake baby. Oh my goodness, that fake baby.