Caine is the center of this film and he's never been more brilliant and less blinding.
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02/07/03
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.
Reviews for The Quiet American
This story still seems timely and important. And there's an element of heartbreak to watching it now, with older and wiser eyes, because we know what will happen after Greene's story ends.
02/07/03
Caine [gives] the richest performance of his career in this sage and provocative film.
02/07/03
A 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 Criticraser has finally made good on his hesitant dramatic turn in Gods and Monsters a few years back.
02/07/03
The narrative is lean, the supporting performances are solid, and, perhaps most crucially, the emotional tone of the piece is spot-on.
02/07/03
Caine's imperial world weariness gives the movie a vital potency.
02/07/03
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02/07/03
The result is a rarity on the modern screen -- a film with more brains than heart. Yet that alone makes for a pleasant change.
02/07/03
Exceedingly handsome, unapologetically intelligent drama.
02/07/03
It's Caine who gives the movie depth.
02/07/03
In a seemingly effortless performance, Caine dominates every scene in the film, not by what he does but by what he doesn't do.
02/07/03
Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer, Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene's prose, and it's there on the screen in their version of The Quiet American.
02/07/03
The movie may be named after The Quiet American, but it's the quiet British guy who steals the show.
02/07/03
A haunting, rich film...[Fraser] and Caine blend beautifully with their sweet-and-sour mix of acting.
02/06/03
An exquisitely paced movie that pulls the rug out from under us but doesn't cheat in the process.
02/06/03
A wonderfully atmospheric, beautifully acted, first-rate historical epic.
02/06/03
This version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire.
02/06/03
A fine adaptation despite the slight departures from its source, with warm cinematography that captures the feel of '50s Saigon and two performances worthy of Oscar attention.
02/06/03
Caine creates a portrait of a man torn up by ambivalence, and, in the end, despair, that is just about brilliant.
02/06/03
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