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Name: The American
Released: 2010-9-1
Cast: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli

The American

R
1h 44m
2010

64%

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Academy Award® winner George Clooney is The American in this sexy suspense thriller from director Anton Corbijn. After a job ends more violently than expected, Jack (Clooney) retreats to the Italian countryside and accepts one last assignment to construct a deadly weapon for a mysterious contact. But when he pursues a relationship with a beautiful local woman, he may be tempting fate by stepping out of the shadows. Jack soon finds himself in an escalating battle to escape from his secretive past, in the film critics are calling “4 Stars! Riveting and irresistible!” (Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News)

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Producer:

Anne Carey, Jill Green, Ann Wingate, Grant Heslov, George Clooney

Writer:

Rowan Joffe

Cast:

George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: As beautifully shot as it is emotionally restrained, The American is an unusually divisive spy thriller -- and one that rests on an unusually subdued performance from George Clooney.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

The entire picture relies on Clooney’s characterization, but the script by Rowan Joffe, based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth, offers nothing but atmosphere without feeling.

If you're a fan of Jim Jarmusch and Nic Roeg, you might enjoy what Corbijn is trying to do here. Otherwise, don't bother.

November 11, 2022

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El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

Despite its title, The American, is a pretentious European cut. [Full review in Spanish]

July 20, 2022

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Every Movie Has a Lesson

Don Shanahan

"The American" plays like a foreign European film, because it is one in every sense of that style. That "style" specializes in the minimal and nuanced, unlike big-budget U.S. films.

For all the seriousness and atmosphere, there's still a pulpy, page-turner quality to the film's second half - think of the whole package as Bond for the art house crowd.

October 22, 2021

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