American Made

Name: American Made
Released: 2017-9-29
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones

American Made

R
1h 55m
2017

86%

age 15+

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Tom Cruise reunites with his "Edge of Tomorrow" director, Doug Liman, in this thriller based on the outrageous true story of Barry Seal, a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history. "American Made" costars Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Jayma Mays, Benito Martinez, E. Roger Mitchell, Lola Kirke, and Alejandro Edda.

Director:

Doug Liman

Producer:

Writer:

Gary Spinelli

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Jayma Mays, Lola Kirke, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, E. Roger Mitchell, Jed Rees

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: American Made's fast-and-loose attitude with its real-life story mirrors the cavalier -- and delightfully watchable -- energy Tom Cruise gives off in the leading role.

Reviews

Memphis Flyer

Chris McCoy

Cruise turns up the douche flow to maximum and it works like a charm.

A classic 90s style Tom Cruise movie of fun adventures in the drug smuggling world.

A great summer film that deserves to be the 2017 effort from Tom Cruise that everyone remembers, f...

American Made occasionally amuses and provokes a hearty guffaw or two by its end. As a biopic it's...

Both [Doug] Liman and [Tom] Cruise saw that humor in [Barry] Seal's operations and project it well...

September 20, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 15+

Common Sense Says

Language, some sex in tense but funny drug war comedy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that American Made is based on the true story of a CIA pilot (Tom Cruise) who doubled as a drug runner in the 1980s. Expect frequent strong language ("f--k," "s--t," etc.) and a few sexual situations, plus brief nudity (a man moons his family, etc.). For a film about drugs, not much actual drug use is shown; characters do drink. And there's a non-graphic car bombing, but otherwise violence is more referred to and discussed than shown. Still, the tension and stress of the high-wire act the main character walks might be too intense for kids. But the main issue for parents may be whether a film this ironic is right for their family. It takes a bluntly, hilariously cynical view of 1980s American foreign policy and secret operations, as well as of the war on drugs itself.