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The Quiet American (2002)
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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]
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Reviews for The Quiet American
Its mysteries are transparently obvious, and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller. [But it's] worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser.
02/15/03
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02/15/03
The Quiet American is a most disturbing film -- but disturbing in a good way.
02/14/03
Director Phillip Noyce engineers an ideal pace and mood along with the first-rate performances.
02/14/03
An Iliad of the heart.
02/14/03
There's something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American. And that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by Brendan Fraser.
02/14/03
Caine gives a gravely dynamic performance... but it's a role well within his usual range.
02/14/03
The Quiet American plainly underlines its characters' melodrama and willful blindness to stage a potent allegory.
02/14/03
Noyce's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective.
02/13/03
Caine does subtle and craftsmanlike work in this absorbing and understated film by director Phillip Noyce.
02/13/03
Strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturing.
02/13/03
The Quiet American was filmed in Vietnam and does a wonderful job of conveying a sense of place and time.
02/13/03
...content to be an audio book.
02/13/03
A taut, spare picture that captures the hurt, betrayal, and moral ambiguity of the times, swaddled in the elegance of French-controlled Saigon.
02/12/03
...though it deals heavily with the politics of the time, the film is clear enough that even a viewer with the most minimal knowledge of the conflict will be able to follow along.
02/11/03
Graham Greene's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by Michael Caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world.
02/11/03
Noyce, along with a deft cast, make The Quiet American an absorbing character study and fascinating history lesson.
02/10/03
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02/09/03
A quiet, reflective film different from, but respectful of Greene's intent.
02/08/03
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