American Military Intelligence and You! (2007)
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45% of critics liked it
(20 reviews) -
21% want to see it
(112 ratings)
A hapless team of military-intelligence personnel attempts to determine the location of a secret German fighter-plane base in director Dale Kutzera's pointed satire of kitschy training films and preemptive warfare. Authentic footage of World War II training films combines with a newly filmed… More A hapless team of military-intelligence personnel attempts to determine the location of a secret German fighter-plane base in director Dale Kutzera's pointed satire of kitschy training films and preemptive warfare. Authentic footage of World War II training films combines with a newly filmed plot concerning a military analyst, a hawkish major, and a figurehead general attempting to determine the location of a purported German Ghost Squadron base. The result is a film that knowingly parodies timeless military clichés while simultaneously skewering the Bush administration's frightening penchant for to rushing into war without proper cause. Patrick Muldoon, Elizabeth Bennett, and Mackenzie Astin star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dale Kutzera
- Written By
- Dale Kutzera
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Ty Burr, Boston Globe
It's a great idea for 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the movie's 78 minutes long.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Although [director] Kutzera does a great job of cinematic excavation and editing, Military Intelligence and You! never manages to overcome its tone of glib condescension and soar to Strangelovian heights.
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Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
An ingenious satire that could easily tip toward self-congratulation yet never does.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
We get the idea -- we may even agree with it: Just don't make us sit through 78 minutes of empty cleverness.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
An amusing novelty.
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Cast
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Patrick Muldoon
as Major Nick Reed
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Elizabeth Ann Bennett
as Lieutenant Monica Tasty
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Mackenzie Astin
as Major Mitch Dunning
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John Rixey Moore
as General Jake Tasker
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Eric Jungmann
as Corporal Skip Andrews
