Another not so inspiring look at our government and military

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2017)

I enjoyed the movie and appreciated what it's trying to get across. If you aren't familiar with the true story this movie is based on or understand the quagmire Afghanistan is in which it mirrors a lot of the ways Vietnam was a quagmire and just feel like we should be carpet bombing everyone, this movie probably isn't for you. Stick to Commando and Fox news.
Brad Pitt was good as usual and I felt like he was able to get across a lot of the emotion of the confusing situation by facial expressions alone. How much of his mannerisms are factually based off the real General Mcchrystal I don't know.
This is not an action movie and I've read a few reviews that say it isn't funny. The topic covered isn't funny, nor should it be if you're an American and realize how fubar our government and foreign policy is, but with that said I did laugh quite a few times at the absurdity of it.