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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I had to watch this in two parts. Started out great. Some hilarious parody and some not so obvious shots at US military and foreign policy.Then it just became repetitive. Okay, we get it. Move on. There are only so many things you can ridicule without sounding like a skipping record.Some decent acting. At times I thought Pitt was just mailing it in and at others I thought he was brilliant.

This is, so far, my favorite film of the year (i haven't watched Three Billboard, Call Me by Your Name, and all of those oscar-fancy film) as much as the film was trying to be political by criticizing the Afghanistan war, it's also about a character. A classically trained general in a modern war whose agenda is to win win win no matter what.a lot of critics and reviewers saying that the film didn't have anything to say rather than just to inform you that America lost the war. some even said that it's brutal how the film was disagreeing with the general. well, of course! because the film was about criticizing the general himself. he was portrayed as a good soldier, slighly narcisstic, yet unaware of the real situation and also a slightly lack of moral.there are also people that were criticizing Brad Pitt's over the top performance. well, it's a parody! the filmmaker was trying to portray him as "soldier" as possible and then exaggerate him. nobody complained about Daniel Day Lewis performance in There Will be Blood.all and all. it's a very good film with a lot of funny moments.

Note first: I rarely type reviews, but this movie needed clarification.Depicted as comedy: FALSE. There were a few occasions of slight sarcasm. The genre should be noted as drama & war. Although there was little war, but it was about war.A general, Brad Pitt, goes to Afghanistan in ~2009 to fix things, such as as creating a "society" with infrastructure.It's kinda funny seeing Brad Pitt in this role. Two things: his arms out wide & his mouth expressions. WTH?, but I think it added to his character.He didn't look hot or have a hot wife, but I don't care because I'm a trisexual white male -- I'll try anything, but another white male -- haha.There was some interesting & realistic politics involved.Is there a conclusion? Think about the situation there, regardless of the Jewish Peoples? Hmmm? Dare I say that some ideologies get too involved in omitting all others, especially in downgrading women? Other things too. Hard advance then.

Netflix-produced two-hour satire about the U.S. general (Brad Pitt) sent to Afghanistan to 'clean' the situation up after eight years of war in the country. Nobody around him thinks they can „win" anymore, but this is the mission he takes for himself. Also playing Anthony Michael Hall, John Magaro, Topher Grace, Aymen Hamdouchi, Ben Kingsley, Tilda Swinton, Scoot McNairy et al. It's witty at times but often feels more like a overlong political comedy sketch than a proper movie, especially in the first half where voice-over tends to dominate „proper" storytelling. „War Machine" centres on Brad Pitt's character but this one-man-show won't probably charm many of his fans. I don't think the man has ever done less acting on screen, channeling Gen. Turgidson from „Dr. Strangelove" or whatever big-name high-ranking military official pops to your mind while watching. Pitt's one-note performance relies mostly one one or two facial impression which would be OK for „Saturday Night Live" skit or something, but it's nowhere near enough for a character carrying a two-hour movie. Based on book by Michael Hastings, written and directed by David Michôd who has shown promise with his earlier work, writing and directing crime dramas "Animal Kingdom" and "The Rover" plus co- writing 2010's cult comedy "Hesher". I would say "War Machine" will not be remembered as his great great follow-up project, but it's also true that I care little about political movies. In this case, the other critics seem to not care much, either. Metacritic's score is 56/100, Rotten Tomatoes's is 53/100. The main problem is that at 122 minutes, it's way too long. Half of that would have been enough. Making it through feels like a chore, not like a biting satire about war.