has stated that American Sniper is "not a political movie" but "a character study". But critics such as Peter Maas in The Intercept beg to differ, arguing that "when a film venerates an American ...

Kyle was honorably discharged from the US Navy in 2009 and published his bestselling autobiography American Sniper in 2012 An eponymous film adaptation of Kyles book directed by Clint Eastwood was ...