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Name: American Made
Director: Doug Liman
Genre: comedy, crime, drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.1

American Made has an iRankMovies score of 73.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

American Made (2017)

It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys.

Release:2017

Runtime:1h 55m

Country:United States

Director:Doug Liman

Language:English

Genre

ComedyCrimeDrama

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Keywords

Central Intelligence Agency CiaDrug SmugglingDrug CrimeMoney LaunderingPilotBased On True StoryDrug CartelIllegal Drugs

iRank73

American Made rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 231K votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic65%

TMDb6.902/10· 5K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 65/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About American Made

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

Cast of American Made

Tom Cruise
as Barry Seal
Domhnall Gleeson
as Monty 'Schafer'
Sarah Wright
as Lucy Seal
Jesse Plemons
as Sheriff Downing
Caleb Landry Jones
as JB
Lola Kirke
as Judy Downing
Jayma Mays
as Dana Sibota
Alejandro Edda
as Jorge Ochoa
Benito Martinez
as James Rangel
E. Roger Mitchell
as Agent Craig McCall
Jed Rees
as Louis Finkle
F
Fredy Yate
as Carlos Lehder

American Made facts

Budget: $50M
Box office: $133.5M

Our take on American Made

Doug Liman's 2017 comedy-crime-drama tells the based-on-fact story of pilot Barry Seal, who spent the 1980s ferrying contraband for both the CIA and the Medellín cartel. Built around one man's improbable, escalating hustle, the film mixes dark comedy with the paranoia of a life lived between two dangerous employers. Liman keeps things brisk and loose, favoring momentum and dry irony over solemnity, which makes the true-crime material breezy rather than heavy. It suits viewers drawn to charismatic-outlaw stories and the moral murk where covert operations meet organized crime. Come for the swagger and the propulsive pace, not for a careful documentary reckoning with the history.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Fast-paced crime comedy balances audacious humor with gritty 1980s drug trade narrative
•True story foundation adds compelling credibility to outrageous protagonist misadventures
•Liman's directorial energy keeps momentum high while maintaining character charisma throughout

What the audience disliked

•Comedic tone occasionally undermines moral weight of drug trafficking subject matter seriousness
•Protagonist's likability rating may trouble viewers uncomfortable with criminal glorification