Change Your Image
aaron-252-866173
IMDb member since December 2011
Reviews
The American (1998)
Too much liberty with the plot
29 December 2011 - 3 out of 5 users found this review helpful.
This was an entertaining movie, but as other reviewers have stated, it is *not* representative of the Henry James novel.
If you changed the character names, title, and removed the deathbed letter, I suspect even fans very familiar with the novel would totally miss that it is supposed to be an adaptation of the book.
There really is not even a compelling reason for it to be set in Paris, or even Europe for that matter. It could easily be about an American tradesman courting an American heiress. There is nothing particularly special or unique about the adaptation's class conflict.
I bought this as part of a multi DVD set, and I hope the others are better!
See more▼See less▲