Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is not a great movie but not a bad movie. Acting is good as usual by clooney. Blu ray looks good

acting great , action was good, The female star is gorgous -HOT

This is not your typical assassin movie. I also liked the location and feel.

Best when watched a second time. This movie is deeper than people give it credit for.

This movie is my all time favorite. I love the story and the characters are interesting.

Everyone needs to see this forgotten gem. One of my favorite George Clooney films.

The ending to the movie was quite surprising. It did not take the resolution I had expected.

For the progressive film fans out there this is a beauty. Anton Corbijn's The American effortlessly strays away from Hollywood's predictable thriller genre plagued by its' tendency towards an easy closure. This film will keep the viewer guessing until the very last shot and will immediately invite a second screening. Clooney's performance is one of simplistic austerity and is genuinely refreshing from his recent role in the Ocean's series. The cinematography, excellent by any regards, includes breathtaking tracking shots through the streets of Italy's steep hillside town of Castel del Montel and extraordinary extreme wide shots of Sweden's wintry Jamtland Province. Not surprisingly a Focus Features film, this is easily one of the best films to challenge the thriller genre to date.

For those expecting another "Oceans" movie you will be disappointed. For those looking for a decent thinker-thriller you will like this movie. The cinematography is excellent, and I think Clooney excels as the American spy who no longer trusts anyone, yet falls for a girl he knows he shouldn't. Not the best movie ever, but certainly not worth the one star some others have given it.

The film does not live up to the previews. Very slow developing story with no real rise to the climax. Its a nice story overall with some very nice scenes. Some sub plots develop with no reason or closure. Clooney is great as always, but the movie just left me saying "That was it?"

some people think it is lack of action and don't like its slow pace, but i enjoy it. it is not a typical action movie.

The American was a great movie! It was a pleasure to watch a movie wihout a sappy melodramatic piece of music at every turn to cue us that something is about to happen. Some of the other reviewers complain about a lack of dialog but I think that's just a symptom of addiction to 30s soundbites. Clooney's character is a loner by necessity rather than choice. He's torn between the life he is living and his desire to change it. I think it was filled with suspense and beautiful cinematography.

This George Clooney movie is not the best George Clooney movie I've seen. To me, it was boring and very hard to follow. Think I've wasted my money on this one!

This movie is really really really really bad. Main character chews gum in every scene dialogue and ending are nonsensical. Shoots his wife for no reason and admits it. Watch only If you want 2 hours sucked out of you and your eyes boiled. This movie breaks Geneva convention. Would recommend to an enemy. Rather drag toothbrush across my eyes. Electric toothbrush! If you want to watch the worst movie ever watch this. You have been warned.

This movie has beautiful European cinematography, but is slow moving and doesn't have enough action. Kind of boring.

An attempt at an artsy sort of action film. At the end you just say "what" and "so what".

This is a very slow unfolding plot. Why? Because it was so very simplistic. Millions of wasted consumer dollars will be spent on this DVD and BluRay. Better Luck next time George.

Bad Movie. Almost no dialog. Most of this movie is watching George Clooney walk around with a sad look on his face. The ending is not satisfying at all. You could almost say that this film doesn't have an ending. It just stops.

I was fooled by the review on the DVD cover. It certainly was not a 4 star movie as the DVD cover indicated. I kept waiting for something to happen. Then it was over. Disappointed