"The American" 09/15/2010
THE AMERICAN √ Bob Certified For critics to call this movie “slow” is as wrongheaded as those who dismissed “Inception” as “too baffling.” The story of a world weary assassin’s days of lonely reflection is familiar almost every step of the way, but the direction by AntonCorbijn (a celebrated rock photographer whose credits include the memorable U2 shots for “The Joshua Tree” album) is marvelously stylish and George Clooney continues to be an actor with superb restraint. The emotional isolation of Clooney’s character is magnified by the small Italian village setting. Next to the non-stop action of most mainstream adventure films these days, “The American” is by all means “slow.” But in this case that’s a glowing virtue. Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply |  Robert Hilburn I was pop music critic and pop music editor of the Los Angeles Times from 1970 through 2005, and am writing books. A memoir, "Corn Flakes with John Lennon" was published last fall. The paperback is due in October. I am now working on a biography.  ArchivesFebruary 2012 Categories  |
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