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Variety's Person Lodge composed: "A sweat-slicked, stressful but glibly amusing adventure by itself terms, American Made is more interesting as a showcase for the dateless flexibility of Cruise's star power. It feels, for better or even worse, like a film he might have made at practically any point in the last thirty years." Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter composed: "This is yet another hyper-competent, boyishly devil-may-care character that offers Cruise, popular for his derring-do on set, an opportunity to do his own stunts and fly a plane; it's not a function all that far out of the aging megastar's wheelhouse." Historic precision [edit] Despite the film's recommendation that he was hired by the CIA while working for TWA, Seal rejected in court that he had ever worked for the CIA.

A 1996 report by the CIA inspector general acknowledged that the firm had performed a hidden training workout at the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport with another federal firm, however found no proof that the agency had been included in any prohibited activities. Seal was fired from TWA in 1974 for incorrectly declaring medical leave when he was associated with a smuggling scheme.

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His 3rd wife Deborah, whom Lucy was loosely based upon, mentioned that Seal began his drug smuggling service in 1975, not 1980 like the film recommends, and that it was focused around marijuana prior to it included cocaine. Seal's DEA record also noted that he expanded to smuggling drug in 1978 and declared that he was smuggling marijuana as early as 1976.

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When asked by Abraham Riesman of Vulture if the film was a biopic, director Doug Liman said "You understand, we're not making a biopic. More In-Depth does not look like Barry Seal. His character is motivated by the stories we found out about Barry." It has actually been noted the genuine Seal was not of Tom Cruise's 5-foot-7 frame and was an obese male who reportedly weighed 300 pounds.

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Seal was unapologetic about his weapons and drug smuggling operations, even stating when in a tv interview, "Whether you call it soldier of fortune or what, it's a way of life for me. I enjoy it and I'm going to keep doing it." He also never ever crash-landed into a rural neighborhood.