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- Genre : Thriller, Suspense
- Release Date : September 01, 2010
- MPAA Rating : R
- Duration : -
- Production Budget : -
- Studio : Focus Features
- Official Site : http://focusfeatures.com/film/the_american/
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turns out to be a draggy, rather morose art thriller
Review rate : C
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
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sorely disappointed
by Amy Biancolli [San Francisco Chronicle ]
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nothing really adds up
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]
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meticulous, enigmatic, and restrained
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
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many pleasures are in its slow reveals
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
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goes literal, soft, and banal
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
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extravagantly inert and deeply empty
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
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bleak and atmospheric art-house thriller
by Kenneth Turan [LA Times ]
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as coiled as a snake and as still as a sleepy villa
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News ]
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an absorbing, unusually quiet mood piece
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald ]
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a very . . . patient movie
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
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a standard-issue hit-man thriller
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]
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a slower, more intellectual cloak-and-dagger melodrama
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
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a familiar enough movie type
by A.O. Scott [NY Times ]
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a contemplative allure, unfolding at a deliberate pace
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
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Reviewed by Mark Olsen [Village Voice ]
