War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American anti-war documentary film written and directed by Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp, based on the book of the same name by Norman Solomon. The film is produced by Alper and narrated by Sean Penn. It premiered in New York City on May 14, 2007, before a limited release on August 24, 2007.[1]

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Film poster
Directed by
  • Loretta Alper
  • Jeremy Earp
Written by
  • Loretta Alper
  • Jeremy Earp
Based onWar Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
by Norman Solomon
Produced byLoretta Alper
Narrated bySean Penn
Edited byAndrew Killoy
Music by
Production
company
Release date
  • May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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."[2]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, War Made Easy has an approval rating of 88%, based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[3] Metacritic assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

The New York Times columnist Jeannette Catsoulis described War Made Easy as "cinematically inert if ultimately persuasive".[5] V.A. Musetto of the New York Post criticized the film as "conventional and one-sided".[6] 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".[7] Variety critic Dennis Harvey credited "Solomon's astute onscreen analysis" for driving the film.[1]

References
  1. Harvey, Dennis (August 13, 2007). "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  2. "War Made Easy Synopsis". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. "War Made Easy". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  4. "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  5. Catsoulis, Jeannette (14 March 2008). "Spinning Conflict". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. Musetto, V.A. (14 March 2008). "WAR MADE EASY". New York Post. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. Hillis, Aaron (11 March 2008). "War Made Easy's Nopartisan Iraq-War Skewering". The Village Voice. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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