A full experience, a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence.
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01/16/03
The Quiet American (2002)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:124
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.8/10
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
While this take on Graham Greene's prophetic novel could have been more forceful, it's still an all-too timely reminder that history repeats itself.
01/16/03
Delivering a powerful performance, Michael Caine embodies the wistfully cynical, vulnerable journalist/narrator.
01/07/03
Philip Noyce's sure-footed direction, Christopher Doyle's gorgeous widescreen lensing and a career-topping performance from Michael Caine make "The Quiet American" one of 2002's best films
01/05/03
A sensitive, cultivated treatment of Greene's work as well as a remarkably faithful one.
01/03/03
Mr. Caine and Mr. Fraser are the whole show here, with their memorable and resourceful performances.
12/19/02
...Caine, given the material, manages to convey a degree of self-respect.
12/18/02
An intelligent, high quality film that is timely and pertinent to today's headlines...weakened by Fraser's performance
12/16/02
The reason I found myself finally unmoved by this film, which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say, is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory.
12/16/02
The most genuine pleasure to be found in American is Caine, who masterfully inhabits the skin of his character.
12/16/02
Historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit. But this films lacks the passion required to sell the material.
12/15/02
The metaphors in the film may be clear cut, even handed to you on a silver platter, but as Fowler notes, it's complicated.
12/14/02
I'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about.
12/10/02
As a piece of acting, The Quiet American represents a fitting capper to Caine's illustrious career.
12/08/02
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12/02/02
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12/01/02
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11/30/02
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11/30/02
What is best about great movies: the multiplicity of social and political forces that symbolically layer and exquisitely complicate unforgettable characters.
11/28/02
Admirable, certainly, but not much fun to watch. For Caine Lovers only.
11/28/02
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April 29, 2008:
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