Click to read the article
Comment
10/30/02
Rate this Movie 
The Quiet American (2002)
89
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:124
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Thoughtful and wonderfully acted, The Quiet American manages to capture the spirit of Green's novel.
Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $12,843,884
Synopsis: Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene, and directed by Phillip Noyce. A middle-aged British reporter for... [More]
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for The Quiet American
You've gotta see this movie.
11/22/02
Click to read the article
11/30/02
Click to read the article
12/02/02
Perhaps only Peter Bogdanovich's Singapore-set Saint Jack (1979) has better caught this humid expatriate dream of decay, desire and death.
02/07/03
Click to read the article
03/01/03
Click to read the article
03/07/03
Click to read the article
07/02/03
Click to read the article
08/02/03
Click to read the article
12/06/05
Click to read the article
12/30/06
Adapts a Graham Greene novel with something approaching economy but far removed from finesse.
03/25/03
Click to read the article
04/05/03
Mr. Caine and Mr. Fraser are the whole show here, with their memorable and resourceful performances.
12/19/02
Top CriticThe narrative is lean, the supporting performances are solid, and, perhaps most crucially, the emotional tone of the piece is spot-on.
02/07/03
An intelligent, high quality film that is timely and pertinent to today's headlines...weakened by Fraser's performance
12/16/02
Click to read the article
02/07/03
In a seemingly effortless performance, Caine dominates every scene in the film, not by what he does but by what he doesn't do.
02/07/03
Top CriticIt’s a political film, but not in the way that an Oliver Stone film is political. Rather, it’s political in the way that Casablanca is a movie about politics (it’s romantic and entertaining and tells a story about interesting people).
02/25/03
An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality.
11/22/02
Latest News for The Quiet American
April 29, 2008:
Philip Noyce Learning The Art of Making Money 
Philip Noyce is in talks to direct DreamWorks' The Art of Making Money, a film about notorious counterfeiter Art Williams. More...
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
40 Best Films of the 2000s
Last week, Moviefone offered us their worst films of the 2000s. Now see their 40 best!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds