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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 47 m
Summary An assassin (Ian McShane) is on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck.
Directed By: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Written By: Nacho Faerna
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2024
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 47 m
American Star
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8.5
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Summary An assassin (Ian McShane) is on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck.
Directed By: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Written By: Nacho Faerna
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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40% Mixed
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10% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
66
50% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It’s artistic without being pretentious, thoughtful, and elegiac without treading into monotony, beautifully acted without drawing too much attention to its stars.
This is an unusually intelligent and purposeful movie that doesn't say much, but is full of feeling.
American Star is a nice surprise. To hear it described, its premise sounds almost ridiculously predictable: Ian McShane as an old hit man on his last assignment. But the movie turns out to be a serious work that goes to unexpected places.
Director Gonzalo López-Gallego creates a strong frame around the characters in both visual and narrative terms, while a lovely score credited to Remate, mixed with well-chosen soundtrack cuts, creates a limpid poignancy.
Everything in American Star hinges on McShane's intuitive performance that rejects the obvious and embraces ambiguity.
Despite an oddball taste for wide-angle lenses, the director, Gonzalo López-Gallego, can sustain a solid slow burn. Still, neither McShane nor the scenery can take the rust off the basic scenario.
I guess it claims to demonstrate how repetitive and routine the lives of professional assassins can be (yawn), but in my opinion, movies about them have an obligation to be juicier and more consistently fascinating than American Star.
User Score
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 User Ratings
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83% Positive
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