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War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
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Wikipedia article
'War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death' is a 2007 American documentary film. The film is narrated by Sean Penn and is adapted from the book of the same name, authored by Norman Solomon.
Synopsis
The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. "'War Made Easy' gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq."
Reception
'New York Times' columnist Jeannette Catsoulis described 'War Made Easy' as "cinematically inert if ultimately persuasive". V.A. Musetto of the 'New York Post' criticized the film as "conventional and one-sided". Aaron Hillis wrote for 'The Village Voice' that the film is "sobering, straightforward, and a bit drab, but... it's also an entirely nonpartisan endeavor". 'Variety' critic Dennis Harvey credited "Solomons astute onscreen analysis" for driving the film.
Rotten Tomatoes rates 'War Made Easy' 88% on the basis of 17 aggregated reviews, and Metacritic rates the film 57 based on 5 reviews.
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