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- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 96 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Gretchen Mol, James Rebhorn, Cameron Bright, Perrey Reeves ... see all
- Director: William Olsson
- Plot: Washington DC, 1963--The Cuban Missile Crisis is last year's news, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy's young administration is starting to hit its stride. Behind the scenes, however, winds of discontent are... Read more
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| Mar 12, 2009Hartford Courant
Gretchen Mol Is Only Good Thing About 'An American Affair'....Seriously complicated could just as well describe "An American Affair," a mess of a film that can't quite figure out what it wants to be:.... ... Full Review
| Mar 11, 2009USA TODAY
The historical footage of the era is more intriguing than the fictional story.....As a political thriller, it is neither plausible nor suspenseful.....Bright, by the way, is no stranger to inappropriate scenes with older women:....The title sums up the bland, unimaginative and cliché-laden thriller/coming-of-age tale that is An American Affair ..... ... Full Review
| Mar 06, 2009iF Magazine
However, the biggest problem of AN AMERICAN AFFAIR is.... ... Full Review
| Mar 06, 2009Los Angeles Times
an always interesting actress....Seriously complicated could just as well describe "An American Affair," a mess of a film that can't quite figure out what it wants to be:.... ... Full Review
| Mar 06, 2009Los Angeles Times
an always interesting actress....Seriously complicated could just as well describe "An American Affair," a mess of a film that can't quite figure out what it wants to be:.... ... Full Review
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Everything a popcorn summer blockbuster is supposed to be, even if it did open Dec 14. Back story: The world's tallest skyscraper catches fire at its opening party. ... Full Article
This is not an 'Affair' to remember
usatoday.com –
2009-03-12
The title sums up the bland, unimaginative and clich?-laden thriller/coming-of-age tale that is An American Affair . The film was originally titled Boy of Pigs , a reference to the political climate, not the main character's porcine tendencies. ... Full Article
AN AMERICAN AFFAIR Even the most insatiable JFK-conspiracy-theory freak won't get much juice out of William Sten Olsson's An American Affair, which subscribes to a pretty tiresome CIA/Cuba scenario (reprisal for failing to assassinate Castro or something). ... Full Article
"It looks like Vietnam post-napalm." That sentence, gravely spoken by a surly, drunken C.I.A. agent (Mark Pellegrino) to his fetching ex-wife ( Gretchen Mol ), encapsulates everything that is wrong with the deeply silly movie "An American Affair." ... Full Article
Even the most insatiable JFK-conspiracy-theory freak won't get much juice out of William Sten Olsson's An American Affair , which subscribes to a pretty tiresome CIA/Cuba scenario (reprisal for failing to assassinate Castro or something). ... Full Article
'An American Affair': Innocence Lost In '60s D.C.
npr.org –
2009-02-27
I Spy: Teenage Adam (Cameron Bright) spices up his life by leering at his neighbor - who's got an entanglement of her own. Screen Media Films NPR.org , February 27, 2009 · Hard to say what's dumber, the premise or... ... Full Article