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American Pastoral finds debuting director Ewan McGregor's reach exceeding its grasp with a well-intentioned Philip Roth adaptation that retains the form, but little of the function, of its source material.
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It's honourable, it's well-intentioned, but it's lame. Nov 13, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's honourable, it's well-intentioned, but it's lame.
David Sexton
Ewan McGregor's directorial debut doesn't do justice to Philip Roth's great book. Nov 10, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Ewan McGregor's directorial debut doesn't do justice to Philip Roth's great book.
Kevin Maher
McGregor's performance has sincerity of a frowningly oppressive kind, but the whole thing is tinged with self-pity. Nov 10, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
McGregor's performance has sincerity of a frowningly oppressive kind, but the whole thing is tinged with self-pity.
Peter Bradshaw
The direction of the film is so matter-of-fact, the storytelling so obvious, the lack of nuance so palpable, that it seems to actually take its alarmist and patronising attitudes towards change at face value. Nov 10, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The direction of the film is so matter-of-fact, the storytelling so obvious, the lack of nuance so palpable, that it seems to actually take its alarmist and patronising attitudes towards change at face value.
Elena Lazic
McGregor's directorial debut is a well-crafted drama but lacks the depth of Roth's masterful book. Nov 3, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
McGregor's directorial debut is a well-crafted drama but lacks the depth of Roth's masterful book.
Rafer Guzman
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing Roth brought more nuance and authority to its story of a New Jersey family in the 1960s and '70s than McGregor and screenwriter John Romano have with this cultural cartoon. Oct 27, 2016 | Full Review…
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing Roth brought more nuance and authority to its story of a New Jersey family in the 1960s and '70s than McGregor and screenwriter John Romano have with this cultural cartoon.
J. R. Jones
McGregor can't quite pull off the cockishness and larger-than-life zeal of a young Swede: he seems already beaten somewhat when we meet him, meaning that his fall into ignominy is less jarring than it should be. Apr 17, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
McGregor can't quite pull off the cockishness and larger-than-life zeal of a young Swede: he seems already beaten somewhat when we meet him, meaning that his fall into ignominy is less jarring than it should be.
Julie Crawford
...the trouble with American Pastoral is that these individually competent scenes are strung together into an inchoate whole. Dec 27, 2018 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
...the trouble with American Pastoral is that these individually competent scenes are strung together into an inchoate whole.
Nathanael Hood
There are plenty of good scenes, but ultimately American Pastoral is less than the sum of its admirable parts. The story is meant to capture an American event through one man's misadventures, but the overall effect is of a painful melodrama. Aug 23, 2018 | Full Review…
There are plenty of good scenes, but ultimately American Pastoral is less than the sum of its admirable parts. The story is meant to capture an American event through one man's misadventures, but the overall effect is of a painful melodrama.
Asia Frey
Quickly dissolves into contrived drama and uneven and skewed character motivations. Aug 14, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Quickly dissolves into contrived drama and uneven and skewed character motivations.
Mae Abdulbaki
Fails to suss out Roth's biting Jewish angst and humor. Aug 12, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Fails to suss out Roth's biting Jewish angst and humor.
Dennis Schwartz
The film is a tad too long but nevertheless is well acted and rather moving. Oct 17, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The film is a tad too long but nevertheless is well acted and rather moving.
Matthew Bond
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