Pitt's Performance Was My Only Issue...

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2017)

I saw this new Netflix original movie the other night. This is a dark comedy/true story war picture which is set during the Obama era US occupation of Iraq, and overall it's a decent movie. Brad Pitt stars as the guy who was pretty much the architect of the war strategy during that time, and it's funny, I didn't even realize until after the movie that he may have been the one major problem I had with this movie. I like Pitt; think he's a decent actor, but here, like in "Inglorious Basterds", he seems to be playing the character as if he's dismissing him/lampooning him. TBH, I would've preferred a more realistic approach to the character, and in fact, think that would've added to the humor more? I dunno. Topher Grace, Griffin Dunne, Anthony Michael Hall, etc.. co-star, and was that Meg Tilly as Pitt's wife in this?? -- hadn't seen her in anything in awhile.