Review: The American

Posted by James at 19:30 on 22 Nov 2010 Reviews A-Z

Imagine The International, In Bruges and A Single Man were all ushered haphazardly into an experimental teleportation device. Following a few flashes of light and screams of terror, a single unearthly being shuffles out of the mist-drenched doorway - ungodly appendages perambulating wildly - combining the respective qualities of each of its components and begging Geena Davis for death. This strange beast of Eldritch lore is The American, George Clooney's latest slow-burning thriller whose soulful charm affects but lapses ultimately into - admittedly engrossing - self-indulgence.

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Posted by Brakey at 20:37 on 25/11/10

I thought review ht the nail on the head tbh. Said it better than I ever could. I thought the film was generally meh myself.

Edited at 20:37 on 25/11/10

Posted by Goatboy at 16:18 on 23/11/10

I've got this as well, not sure if I can be arsed.
Couldnt be arsed with reading the whole review to be honest, fine if I want a media/film studies dissertation with scrabble-winning purple prose but I could care less whether "Bonacelli's paternal padre is enjoyable if peripheral, whilst Thekla Reuten is similarly good as a fashionista assassinette."

Black Dynamite, however, is fantastic.

Posted by Ali at 15:50 on 23/11/10

He looks like Cheryl's dad in Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Got a screener of this today, might watch it over the weekend. Might not. What a rollercoaster my life is!

Posted by anonameslob at 14:38 on 23/11/10

Bonacelli is one of those people who looks like other people - I thought he was a dead ringer for Hitchcock.