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as Barry Seal: The charismatic, risk-taking pilot.

The film follows Barry Seal's transformation from a bored commercial pilot into a key figure in the : Barry Seal - Una storia americana

According to reviewers from Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an 85% approval rating, with critics praising Cruise's "cavalier and delightfully watchable" energy. While Roger Ebert's site criticized it as "toxic and shallow" for glossing over the darker consequences of the drug trade, most audiences found it to be a fast-paced, entertaining "Scorsese-lite" crime romp. American Made (2017) - Plot - IMDb as Barry Seal: The charismatic, risk-taking pilot

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as Lucy Seal: Barry's wife (based on his real-life third wife, Deborah).

: Seal eventually finds himself juggling multiple roles: delivering guns to the Nicaraguan Contras for the CIA while simultaneously running one of the largest drug-smuggling operations in American history.