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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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McGregor and Connelly are good as dad and mum, Hannah Nordberg and Dakota Fanning even better as, at different ages, Merry. December 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
McGregor and Connelly are good as dad and mum, Hannah Nordberg and Dakota Fanning even better as, at different ages, Merry.
Nigel Andrews
It's honourable, it's well-intentioned, but it's lame. November 13, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's honourable, it's well-intentioned, but it's lame.
David Sexton
It is, however, a heartfelt and painstaking attempt at dealing in filmic terms with the complex and ambiguous subject matter of the book. November 10, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It is, however, a heartfelt and painstaking attempt at dealing in filmic terms with the complex and ambiguous subject matter of the book.
Geoffrey Macnab
Ewan McGregor's directorial debut doesn't do justice to Philip Roth's great book. November 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. November 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
Roth's book, which attends with horror and dismay to the forces ripping America apart in the second half of the 20th century, has suffered a treatment that mechanically extracts its guts. November 10, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Roth's book, which attends with horror and dismay to the forces ripping America apart in the second half of the 20th century, has suffered a treatment that mechanically extracts its guts.
Tim Robey
It's like a balloon with a slow leak; it's more of a slow descent than an outright crash and burn, but either way, you're left feeling low. April 28, 2020 | Full Review…
It's like a balloon with a slow leak; it's more of a slow descent than an outright crash and burn, but either way, you're left feeling low.
Steven Prokopy
Roth is an author that many have deemed unadaptable, but American Pastoral gets more right than it gets wrong. This should be applauded. March 30, 2020 | Full Review…
Roth is an author that many have deemed unadaptable, but American Pastoral gets more right than it gets wrong. This should be applauded.
Dan Scully
American Pastoral has two things going for it: Pitch perfect casting and the strength of the source material. February 5, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
American Pastoral has two things going for it: Pitch perfect casting and the strength of the source material.
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Proving to have a beautiful directorial eye....and chronologically efficient script by John Romano that retains the emotional and historical depth and richness of Roth's work, [Ewan] McGregor now delivers an immersive and compelling work. October 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Proving to have a beautiful directorial eye....and chronologically efficient script by John Romano that retains the emotional and historical depth and richness of Roth's work, [Ewan] McGregor now delivers an immersive and compelling work.
Debbie Lynn Elias
As a first effort, McGregor's directorial debut is lacking, but perhaps he chose to bite off a huge chunk by taking on a literary masterpiece. September 19, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
As a first effort, McGregor's directorial debut is lacking, but perhaps he chose to bite off a huge chunk by taking on a literary masterpiece.
Allison Rose
Love can be the wind in someone's sails or the anchor dragging them down to the bottom of the sea; McGregor wants to explore both sides. July 28, 2019 | Full Review…
Love can be the wind in someone's sails or the anchor dragging them down to the bottom of the sea; McGregor wants to explore both sides.
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