Brad Pitt

Anthony Michael Hall

Emory Cohen

John Magaro

Topher Grace

Daniel Betts

Aymen Hamdouchi

Alan Ruck

Anthony Hayes

RJ Cyler

Nicholas Jones

Will Poulter

LaKeith Stanfield

Ben Kingsley

Meg Tilly

Griffin Dunne

Josh Stewart

Kola Bokinni

Derek Siow

Hopper Penn

Pico Alexander

Scoot McNairy

Justin Rosniak

Paolo Gasparini

Simon Werner

Sian Thomas

Reggie Brown

Chris Lew Kum Hoi

Hassani Shapi

Jean-Pierre Lorit

Gillian Jones

Richard Glover

Ben Peel

Elham Ehsas

Georgina Rylance

Abdul Whahab

Tilda Swinton

Kick Gurry

Rufus Wright

Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Mirrah Foulkes

Dan Wyllie

Josh McConville

Tim Downie

Sean Power

Andrew Byron

Daniel Fritz

Mohammadi Gul

Abdul Salam

Aykut Hilmi

Nezar Alderazi

Orli Shuka

Tara D'Arquian

Russell Crowe

Vic Waghorn

Amy Clare Beales

Christian Mandel

Danny Kim

Benedict Hardie

Jon Wennington

Avinashi Sharma

Judah Getz

Peter Gleaves

Sarah Bowen

Pauline Fischer

Sophie Slotover

Fabienne Robineau

Peter Burgis

Glen Gathard

Zoe Freed

Thom Kellar

Keith Pain

Tatiana Zarubova

Peter Hanson

Christopher Donovan

Ben Howarth

Ted Sarandos

Mike Prestwood Smith

Jason Swanscott

Arthur Graley

Gemma Dillon

Renata Gilbert

Sarah Esberg

Michael P. Flannigan

Nick Cave

Warren Ellis

David Michôd

Dariusz Wolski

Robb Crafer

Michael Hastings

Ian Bryce

Will Coubrough

Paul Purdy

Phaedra Dahdaleh

Alessandro Bertolazzi

Miranda Davidson

Judy Farr

James W. Skotchdopole

Matthew Gray

Gabrielle Spanswick

Ryo Murakawa

Jean Ann Black

Sam Petty

Josephine Ford

Sparka Lee Hall

Jeremy Kleiner

Peta Dunstall

Francine Maisler

Jane Petrie

Alex Rouse

Des Hamilton

Dede Gardner

Tabitha Quitman

Martin Sullivan

Peter Sciberras

Pat Sweeney

Comedy

Drama

War Machine

Plan B Entertainment

United States of America

It feels like there's a really good movie hidden somewhere in here, but perhaps not a comedy.

As far as the comedy goes, its biggest obstacle is Brad Pitt. I remember seeing another comedy with him in it, and I remember him being not particularly good. This time around it's even worse, and it's clear to me that the man doesn't have a funny bone at all. 

There's plenty of comedic material in the script, as delivered by the supporting cast, but to be frank, Brad Pitt is simply terrible. I don't remember having seen him this poor, ever, and I'm really quite a fan of him. Why he fails so terribly to be funny, I'm not sure. Perhaps he lacks the ability to do self-ridicule, perhaps he tries too hard, perhaps he doesn't really get humour in the first place, you be the judge — I just know he's not funny. At all. They really should have done better casting here. Lots of obvious candidates that would be better, and probably cheaper, too.

Then there's the whole deal about it being a comedy in the first place. I don't consider myself a prune, but there are scenes in this film where the attempt at comedy just seems in awfully poor taste. Which is why I air the question of whether the "hidden good movie" in here should indeed be a comedy. The best scenes in War Machine most definitely aren't the funny ones, that's for sure.