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  Written September 20, 2010

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    dry stale not worth wait

  by redyeah

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  Written September 4, 2010

  Why?

  by Magnolia Fan

  Can anyone say Solaris in Italy? I think all the excitement was in the trailer. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a thoughtful movie as much as the next guy, but this movie just seamed so pointless. Clooney is a great actor and if not for his melancholy portrayal of the main character I would have walked out. Instead I stayed to see what was gong to happen. Was he going to get away with the girl, were they going to get him? Alas the end came as suddenly as the beginning... No spoiler here just my recommendation, rent this one..

  • 18 out of 23 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 4, 2010

  the worst movie ever created by human kind

  by seanmm130

  first off let me say that i am not one that criticizes most movies but this time i have made an exeption, every gun shot, action scene, suspensfull moment etc. in the movie is in the preview the rest is filled with silent close ups of george clooney, piano riffs, george exersising and or making bullets out of car parts. half way through my leg fell asleep and i was jelous for i could not do the same this movie is entirly predictable. in the midst of the american i found that it was more enjoyable to count the number of tiles on the cieling (320, to be exact, there were also 240 seats, 24 sprinkalers, 48 light bulbs and 52 un happy viewers) when the movie concluded more than half of the people had already left and the rest laughed and/or demanded thier money back. in the end if you are in need of a 100 minute nap and you have 20 bucks burning a whole in your pocket by all means go see the american. if that is not the case i would stay as far away as possable from this cinematic disaster

  • 11 out of 14 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 5, 2010

  American Torture

  by moviefaninnc

  I can't imagine anyone giving this movie a good review. Everyone who left the theater I was in couldn't believe George Clooney could create such a fiasco. Slow and boring fiasco ! This is a movie by George ,for George. all about George. George doing situps ,Gorge being sad . George being pensive, George having sex. George talking to a Priest, George chasing a mystery man. George killing a mystery man ,That's what it seemed like. Senseless! He could have been killed 100 times over in the first half hour. Unfortunately we had to wait painfully 1 hour and 40 minutes. I will say one thing, this is the first time I had dialog with movie goers while walking out of the movie. Most laughing that they actually stayed to the end ! I just wanted my money back on grounds of torture ! DON"T GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 11 out of 15 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 4, 2010

  George Clooney stole my money...

  by mcfindley

  It's been a long, long time since I wanted to walk out of a movie theater, but out of respect for those around me, I remained in my seat. It wasn't until the end of the movie that I realized I was not alone. Comments I heard leaving the theater included; "That's the worst movie I've seen in ten years."; "At least the popcorn was good."; "Tell me it's at intermission and the second act is better;"; and the like. One man did sheepishly say, "Well, I kinda liked it," to which his wife replied, "Well good, because I thought it was boring as hell." Most people were actually laughing about how bad the movie was as they left the theater. I've never seen that before. I wish I hadn't seen it, actually.

  • 11 out of 15 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 3, 2010

  Good Advice:

  by Daviad

  Save your money. Spend 2 hours watching the grass grow instead.

  • 12 out of 17 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 6, 2010

  A Great American Throwback To The Days Of Old.

  by JDB728

  I've seen many negative and positive reviews. Both are correct for the most part.
  This movie is slow and steady, has a predictable, and slightly depressing ending.
  While these are all true, and fair, criticisms, they ignore the point of the movie.
  Simply put, it's a throwback to old school films(evidenced by the poster design) from a time when filmmakers relied 100% on character development, skillful acting, and cinematic style. It's great change of pace from the slew of horribly acted and poorly written films(such as "Twilight"), and horribly overrated films which completely rely on special effects in place of actual story and character development(such as "AVATAR".
  If you want to see a throwback to old school stylistic coolness, this is a movie you should see. If you prefer the more typical films as of the past 40 or so years, I'd suggest staying away, as you'll likely inevitably be disappointed.
  
  Thanks for reading, and happy watching.

  • 13 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 5, 2010

  This American should be exiled to Yuka mountain

  by jtseesitright

  The acting is simply about constant close ups of Clooney's face moving from stoic to stressed to stoic and definitely not sexy. The story line has more gaps than the Clooney has admirers although he lost one (admirer that is) tonight. I think the writing on this movie took about 15 minutes to write because it was so sparse and in cliche's. I left shaking my head as to how I was duped by the high energy trailers and marketing for what turns out to be a boring movie with no purpose.
  

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  Written September 11, 2010

  False advertising

  by mrpembry

  The trailers for this film give the illusion that it is an action packed drama. The truth of the matter is the most exciting thing about this movie is the trailer and the fact that after 1hr 45mins you get to leave. One of the worst \ boring movies I have seen in a long time. I kept waiting for this movie to pick up steam, but it never got out of first gear. I WOULD NOT EVEN SUGGEST THIS AS A REDBOX NIGHT.

  • 11 out of 16 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 6, 2010

  Pretty Big Blunder

  by moviesfan2010

  Half the movie I've been waiting for the movie to actually START ...
  Need I say more?
  I could actually hear Clooney's nails growing, it was THAT slow, boring, and pathetic.
  Waste of money and more importantly, TIME!
  TWO thumbs DOWN!!

  • 10 out of 15 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 7, 2010

  Worst Movie of 2010

  by andy43

  Folks just saw "The American" tonight and it is so bad Clooney should be ashamed to show his face. This movie has no plot at all and at the end you still don't know what the charaters have to do with each other. Save your money!!!! and don't see this film.

  • 9 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 3, 2010

  New Clooney- Old story

  by Mister Right

  No wise-cracking,no gum chewing and no Zippo flipping; just a lean mean killing machine.I guess this Hollywood super star decided to make a cheap movie near his home (Italy) and make a few easy million on his star power alone. Thanks but no thanks! It's not a bad movie but it's not worth a trip to the Cine-plex. It's about a paid killer who build his own W.O.D. i.e.Weapon of your Own Destruction. The story has been done before, the sex scenes are unbelievable ( the prostitute with the heart of gold)and the scenery is boring. The one chase scene between a scooter and a BMW is just plain stupid. Some critics have compared this to a modern day spaghetti western. That is an insult to Clint Eastwood and his Italian director- Sergioni. Yeah, it time for Clooney and his friends to do "Ocean's eleven or twelve or whatever". Save your money and wait for the DVD.

  • 9 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 3, 2010

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    whata snore and disappointing ending

  by laasdango

  • 7 out of 9 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 3, 2010

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    boring slow dull Tedious zzzzzzz

  by lbarberi

  • 9 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 8, 2010

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    horrible boring slow want refund

  by powermonsta

  • 11 out of 17 found this review helpful.
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