Wow! Such a good movie.

Too much of everything

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This is loosely based on a true story. Gary Brooks Faulkner (Nicolas Cage) is obsessed with getting Osama bin Laden. He is a part time handy man who skips his dialysis and hallucinates. He talks to God (Russell Brand) who has a British accent and commands him to go to Pakistan and kill Osama, but is not big on details on how to do it. Gary is befriended by Marci (Wendi McLendon-Covey) who sees Gary is a good guy despite his crazy tendencies.The film is humorous with Cage playing a crazy guy in a story that is overly dramatized. He is a likable idiot (like my BIL) who can be the ugly American and get away with it.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Nicholas Cage brings life to the character. I found myself liking him right away. Good supporting cast. Very coherent story line as well. This movie is not based on mindless action , or sex appeal, it really doesn't have too much profanity either. Just a quirky take on a odd guy that had an interesting adventure. I like it. In summary, if you want something easy to digest and that has a positive message then check this out. It was a nice break from all the ideological propaganda masquerading as entertainment these days.

What's really funny about this film is that Nic Cage looks like the real life character portrayed in this film.This was the perfect role for Nicholas Cage's quirky and outgoing personality and he adapted to his character perfectly. Russell Brand was cast perfectly in his role as God, and it was a joy to see Wendi McLendon-Covey in her role.The problem with this film is the editing and pace and the sound. A little more tweaking in those departments and I would have scored this higher.Otherwise it's a pleasant 6/10 from me

I enjoyed this film from the start. It was truly a hidden gem.Gary Faulkner (Nicolas Cage) is a blue-collar compatriot currently on dialysis for kidney disease. Gary claims to have a vision where God comes to him, urging that he travel to Pakistan and capture Osama Binladen for the good of the American people. This message, combined with a deep-rooted love for his country lead him to do just that! On several occasions police report catching him attempting to cross the Afghan border carrying guns, knives, hash, and even Christian scripture.Larry Charles has directed some fairly controversial material over his lifetime including Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2017), Religulous (2008), and Bruno (2009). Everyone likely expected his film to poke fun at Gary Faulkner for loud political biases. But that would have been too easy. It speaks to Larry Charles' directorial authenticity that he did not take the bait with this one and run with it.Cage has a pretty bad track record for the better part of his career. And while this film failed pretty miserably from opening weekend to nearly being a "straight to DVD" title, it was a very enjoyable story.This movie has a striking resemblance to "Adaptation (2002)" (Cage as lead). Both of these have lead characters with a sociopath feel and are coincidentally two of Cage's strongest performances to date.Be sure to stay for the closing credits if you like to see actual imagery about the people and events a film is based depicting. I particularly enjoyed the footage of Faulkner when he is on The Late Show with David Letterman. Avoid (at all costs) going off to research David Faulkner until after watching this. The experience will be all the better for it.----- 8/10 STARS -------- Review by Searsino -----