War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is an American

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 documentary film

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 that was produced and released in 2007

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. The film is narrated by Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...

 and is adapted from the book of the same name, authored by Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...

Synopsis

The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. "War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq."

Reception

War Made Easy currently is rated 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

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. V.A. Musetto of the New York Post

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gave a negative review of the film which he called "conventional and one-sided".