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The American Friend is a slow burning existential thriller that does justice to the Patricia Highsmith source novel.
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... only a filmmaker as humane as [director Wim Wenders] could recognize there's no way out of the story's moral corruption. Feb 14, 2018 | Full Review…
... only a filmmaker as humane as [director Wim Wenders] could recognize there's no way out of the story's moral corruption.
Steve Erickson
An absorbing but rarefied, introspective variation on traditional thrilleer motifs, it's probably not the synthetis between the personal and traditional that Wenders needs but it's a fascinating compulsively watchable experiment. May 5, 2017 | Full Review…
An absorbing but rarefied, introspective variation on traditional thrilleer motifs, it's probably not the synthetis between the personal and traditional that Wenders needs but it's a fascinating compulsively watchable experiment.
Gary Arnold
Superb adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, with Hopper as her amiably cynical hero. Feb 9, 2006
Superb adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, with Hopper as her amiably cynical hero.
Tom Milne
There's something cheerfully perverse about filming a thriller and then tossing out the parts that would help it make sense, but Wim Wenders has a certain success with the method. Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
There's something cheerfully perverse about filming a thriller and then tossing out the parts that would help it make sense, but Wim Wenders has a certain success with the method.
Roger Ebert
Gripping 1977 American thriller from Wim Wenders that turns back on itself with deadly European irony. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Gripping 1977 American thriller from Wim Wenders that turns back on itself with deadly European irony.
Dave Kehr
Wim Wenders evinces an extremely refined style that is much more effective here than in his previous films. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 1, 2019 | Full Review…
Wim Wenders evinces an extremely refined style that is much more effective here than in his previous films. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jesús Fernández Santos
The cool, cunning sociopath of Highsmith's novel becomes a restless international hustler, selling art forgeries and brokering deals (some of which may actually be legal) while travelling back and forth through Germany, France, and the United States. Mar 30, 2017 | Full Review…
The cool, cunning sociopath of Highsmith's novel becomes a restless international hustler, selling art forgeries and brokering deals (some of which may actually be legal) while travelling back and forth through Germany, France, and the United States.
Sean Axmaker
Most Highsmith adaptations have turned out to be satisfying movies -- the earliest example being Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train and the most recent being Carol -- and this one's no exception. Feb 6, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Most Highsmith adaptations have turned out to be satisfying movies -- the earliest example being Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train and the most recent being Carol -- and this one's no exception.
Matt Brunson
Although it is a thriller by genre, Wenders is clearly interested in things beyond the mechanics of Ripley's manipulations and Zimmermann's desperation Jan 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Although it is a thriller by genre, Wenders is clearly interested in things beyond the mechanics of Ripley's manipulations and Zimmermann's desperation
James Kendrick
Crafty and beguiling and unexpectedly smart about people. Jun 4, 2015 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Crafty and beguiling and unexpectedly smart about people.
Tim Brayton
By refusing to explain Ripley, this gets closer to Highsmith's character than any other film version. Oct 22, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
By refusing to explain Ripley, this gets closer to Highsmith's character than any other film version.
Kim Newman
A gripping Hitchockian thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith. Oct 22, 2007 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A gripping Hitchockian thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith.
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