Here's What Moviegoers in Baghdad Think of 'American Sniper'

2015-01-29T21:17:37-05:00

Some people watching were just concentrating, but others were screaming 'F***, shoot him! He has an IED, don't wait for permission!!'" Mohammed laughed, recounting the film's many tense scenes when U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper, radios in for authorization to take out a potential threat in his crosshairs.

The film, set during the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and released on Christmas Day, hit nerves in the United States immediately. Some critics and commentators lauded it as patriotic and unflinching; others dismissed it as reductionist and racist.

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Directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie is based on a book by the late Chris Kyle, now known ubiquitously as the most lethal sniper in US military history.