Fresh
Though some of the caricatures wear thin, some of the acting rises to a high level.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Overview
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Tiptoes to the fine line between irony and insight and blows it to smithereens. It's hilarious.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
Cruise and particularly Downey are something to behold: They give this Thunder its lightning.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
But its better moments of self-referential snark, such as an ace cameo from Tom Cruise as an obnoxious studio exec, have the feel of a superior end-of-term revue.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
For years now, onscreen and off, [Tom] Cruise has seemed like a bottle of barely contained crazy; now we know what happens when the cork comes out.
Christopher Orr, The New Republic
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