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Sarah Goodman's first feature-length documentary, "Army of One," puts a bitterly ironic spin on the Army's best-known recruiting slogan, "Be all that you can be."
2 days ago · NYT Critic’s Pick. PG-13. Thriller. Directed by Clint Eastwood. In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery ...
With Nicolas Cage, Russell Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Amar Chadha-Patel. After a personal visit by God himself, the eccentric construction worker Gary Faulkner takes the decision to embark on an adventure in the badlands of Pakistan to bring Al-Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden to justice.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Larry Charles
- 2016-11-17
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2005. Dana Stevens New York Times. TOP CRITIC. Sarah Goodman's first feature-length documentary, Army of One, puts a bitterly ironic spin on the...
- An American Idiot Abroad
- Apolitical Obfuscation
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The meat of Army of One occurs throughout several extended montages of actor Nicolas Cage pantomiming various actions of irascible indiscretions abroad. Unfortunately, none of these sequences quite manage to tell the viewer very much about what Gary Faulkner actually did or did not do while he was actively seeking Osama Bin Laden in real life. Inst...
Army of One sets itself up for the kind of anarchic skewering of political misconceptions and cultural prejudices that Charles has already proven himself as being adept at uncovering through comedy and documentary filmmaking. In his 2008 documentary Religulous, Bill Maher provided the perfect comic foil for Charles to surreptitiously provoke suppos...
Army of One is not a political comedy that anyone needs to go out of their way to see anytime soon. In fact, most viewers would be better off waiting for the movie to air on TV, or just giving it a pass altogether. You’d be hard-pressed to cite any moment in which the humor had any clear timing or progression beyond Nicolas Cage‘s usual barrage of ...
- Sean K. Cureton
Jan 20, 2021 · Army of One tells the story of one woman’s fight for life and love. While Brenner Baker (Hollman) and her husband Dillon (Matt Passmore) are camping in the backwoods of Alabama, they realize that they’ve inadvertently found themselves inside an illegal drug and gun storage compound.
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Gary Faulkner (Nicolas Cage), an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased...
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