An American Affair
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31 out of 100

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  • Summary: Washington DC, 1963: the Cuban Missile Crisis is last year’s news, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s young administration is starting to hit its stride. Behind the scenes, however, winds of discontent are swirling. Thirteen-year-old Adam Stafford has his own problems to deal with. At that unt uncomfortable age when nothing seems possible, he’s a bit of a loner, a kid who spends too much time wrapped up in his own thoughts as he suffers through the daily grind of nuns, bullies, and girls at Holy Cross School. Until the evening his adolescent yearnings come to life: Adam spies a beautiful naked woman in the house across the street, and his curiosity is inflamed. Catherine Caswell, a stunning thirty-something blond beauty, has just moved in. Captivated, Adam is determined to learn all he can about his new neighbor. (Screen Media Gems)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 6 out of 12
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    70
    The reason to see An American Affair is Gretchen Mol. She has a mild, natural way of holding herself that's likably unactressy--in every film, she seems both smart and grounded.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    50
    Even Oliver Stone would giggle at the notion that the CIA couldn't reach JFK through any means except via one of his blond playmates.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    An American Affair is sordid business blandly portrayed and not worth meddling with.
  4. NPR
    Reviewed by: Bob Mondello
    30
    Hard to say what's dumber, the premise or the characters in William Olsson's trashily preposterous An American Affair.

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  1. JayH.
    7
    I don't see why this got such dreadful reviews, I thought was intriguing and well acted, particularly Gretchen Mol. I never lost interest, great cinematography. Fascinating plot.… Expand

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