Review: In 'American Made,' a new (but the same) Tom Cruise
There are basically two kinds of Tom Cruise performances, and both can look pretty similar on the surface. Each likes sunglasses, going fast and smiling big.
He never exactly loosens up or slows down — the most unfathomable thing of all in Cruise's world. But most of Cruise's best and most interesting performances ("Magnolia," ''Jerry Maguire," ''Collateral," ''Eyes Wide Shut") have allowed some chink in the well-tanned armor, some hint of darkness underneath the rakish boyscout, some hollowness in the soul of America's ageless action-movie avatar.