American Pastoral Poster

American Pastoral (2016)

R 10/20/2016 Crime, Drama 1h 48m
62%
User
Score
6.1/10
24%
43/100

A radically ordinary story.

Overview

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Ewan McGregor

Director

John Romano

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Swede Levov

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

Dawn Levov

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Merry Levov

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Nathan Zuckerman

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Lou Levov

Rupert Evans

Rupert Evans

Jerry Levov

Uzo Aduba

Uzo Aduba

Vicky

Molly Parker

Molly Parker

Sheila Smith

Valorie Curry

Valorie Curry

Rita Cohen

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Media

American Pastoral (2016 Movie) - Official Trailer

American Pastoral (2016 Movie) - Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written on November 4, 2017

**About a father who never gave up on his daughter!**

The book was from the 90s and the story is about the 60s. Narrated from the father's perspective, that's what I think did not work in this film. This is where a film and the book does not synch. Because books are always very detail when it describes a person. In the films, they are just a simple visual where viewers have to focus on those details to have a perfect impression like the book. So I totally point out to the writer who did not quite transformed the point of the storytelling.

It is not the parents to decide what their kids want to be. The film opened with a couple ready to get married, arguing with their elders about something. Soon it forwards to a few years where their relationship with their daughter seems not good. F...

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