American Military Intelligence and You! (2007)

45% of critics liked it
(20 reviews)
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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… 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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed By: Dale Kutzera
Written By: Dale Kutzera
Genres: Comedy

On DVD: May 6, 2008

Critic Reviews

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
It's a great idea for 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the movie's 78 minutes long.
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.
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.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
An amusing novelty.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Military Intelligence and You! is two movies for the price of one. It's both a loving spoof of World War II films and a pointed satire on America's involvement in Iraq.
Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan
A hilarious takeoff on World War II training films.
Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
This often clever, snappy little comedy fires off some satirical shots with deadly sniping accuracy. And the disc's extra is an actual doc about the First Motion Picture Unit of the US Army, where we see how the military propagandistically covered itself.
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
This wickedly funny satire takes no prisoners as it mixes World War II-era footage with new material.
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
This wickedly funny satire takes no prisoners...
David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
Its whip-smart handling of wartime America (both then and now) makes it as devilishly clever as it is riotously absurd.
Tricia Olszewski, Let's Not Listen
The target's a slow-moving one, and the digs get old fast.
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
If you are looking for an imaginative, World War II-based spoof that is also current and fresh and politically incorrect, then you, like me, will love Military Intelligence and You!
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
An ingenious satire that could easily tip toward self-congratulation yet never does.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Even at a brief 78 minutes, the jokes are too few, too repetitive and too obvious to really make this worthwhile.
William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
This movie is an imaginative idea that, in execution, just doesn't come off.

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Cast

Patrick Muldoon
as Major Nick Reed
Elizabeth Ann Bennett
as Lieutenant Monica Tasty
Mackenzie Astin
as Major Mitch Dunning

John Rixey Moore
as General Jake Tasker
Eric Jungmann
as Corporal Skip Andrews

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