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10/18/08
The Quiet American (2002)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:31
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Thoughtful and wonderfully acted, The Quiet American manages to capture the spirit of Green's novel.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $12,843,884
Synopsis: Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene, and directed by Phillip Noyce. A middle-aged British reporter for... [More]
Reviews for The Quiet American
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03/07/03
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11/26/02
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12/30/06
Top CriticA rare Western feature shot in Vietnam, with real locations and sets that look well-worn enough to be real, with wonderful performances.
02/07/03
Top CriticThe narrative is lean, the supporting performances are solid, and, perhaps most crucially, the emotional tone of the piece is spot-on.
02/07/03
Top CriticCaine's imperial world weariness gives the movie a vital potency.
02/07/03
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12/02/02
Top CriticThis is intelligent grown-up entertainment on both a political and a humanistic level.
11/22/02
Top CriticDoes a superb job of evoking the psychological world of Graham Greene in which the truth of any situation tends to be hidden and riddled with ambiguities.
11/21/02
Top CriticThe Saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence, and The Quiet American brings us right into the center of that world.
11/18/02
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