'The American', starring George Clooney

Well, I've just seen the movie at the London Film Festival 2010, and I enjoyed it. The process of a man falling psychologically to pieces and culminating in violent death (I assume) can't just happen in 5 minutes. Why are your commentators so impatient? There are several tense episodes of crash-bang action to liven up the movie, the photography is magnificent, Clooney does a sound job playing a solitary man at the end of his tether; and, of course, there is the super-beautiful Violante Placido to lust over whenever she appears - which is not often enough, in my view. What's not to like? My criteria for successful movie-going are based on the wriggle factor and whether I'm so bored I either constantly look at my watch or fall asleep. None of these things happened, as a result of which I give the movie 4 stars out of 5. Nothing's perfect; but I hope cinema-goers aren't put off by all these unnecessarily harsh reviews. Hal D.

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