My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The American (2010)

I found this captivating thriller about a jaded, gun designer for the bad guys looking for redemption a refreshing work of character design.  George Clooney pushes himself into a new range, an intensely simply man struggling for meaning in his life and hoping for change.  Some probably would say that it's a slow film, but I found it paced just right, moving with purpose.  True, it could have had a better fight at the end of the film, but still I loved the last image.  Worth seeing as long as the viewer understands that it’s more about tension and tone than action and explosives.  Grade: A-
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