Review of American Sniper (2014) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 15 Jan 2015
Eastwood and screenwriter Jason Hall have made as good a film as could be made from the substance of Kyle’s life and career. But greatness was never a possibility, not with a protagonist not all that interesting and with the surrounding circumstances making it impossible to go deeper and risk the movie’s critique of Kyle’s becoming overt.
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This review of American Sniper (2014) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 15 Jan 2015.
American Sniper has generally received positive reviews.
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