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Quiet American, The (2002) Rank 2 Reviews
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World Socialist Web Site
World Socialist Web Site
BBC Films (Jason Best)
stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
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. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Does 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. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturing. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
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Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
Xi-online (Gejo Hoogeveen)
Senses of Cinema (Rose Capp)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Needcoffee.com - DVD Review
The heat of the tropics has always been associated with the heat of passion. For centuries, men have come to these places to bask in that heat and make it their own. In 1952, Vietnam is the prize fought for by a decaying French empire and a new Communist ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at Needcoffee.com - DVD Review
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Talk to Her affects some people very deeply, while others, like me, find it high-grade kitsch. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
The result is a rarity on the modern screen -- a film with more brains than heart. Yet that alone makes for a pleasant change. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Hollywood Stock Brokerage & Resource (Tim Chandler)
The central story is solid, but the rest of film fails to support it in any meaningful way. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at Hollywood Stock Brokerage & Resource (Tim Chandler)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
The movie adds nothing to the political dialogue, and the love story is mood-killingly sad. The lure of the exotic can be deceptive, it says. The moody, murky atmosphere leaves nothing clear except that mixed intentions will always yield mixed results. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Adapts a Graham Greene novel with something approaching economy but far removed from finesse. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
In short, this new Quiet American is not only true to Greene's novel -- it has the effect of making the novel itself seem truer than it has ever been. ...read the complete Quiet American movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
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