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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe 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.
- 70Washington PostWashington PostThe film rises above its conventions. Just when it seems to be a fable of sexual initiation, An American Affair pivots away from sex. Just when it seems to be a re-dredging of the Kennedy mystique, it pushes past history. Thoughtfully and imperfectly, it dramatizes the flight from childhood, the surrender to adulthood and the pieces of us that survive.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithEven Oliver Stone would giggle at the notion that the CIA couldn't reach JFK through any means except via one of his blond playmates.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceOnly Noah Wyle, as Adam's unreadable dad, rises above the muck; he deserves his Tarantino-aided resurrection sooner rather than later.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA coming-of-age tale and a JFK assassination conspiracy movie. The first half of that equation works nicely...But the assassination story line is absurd.
- 30VarietyVarietyLike many aspects of An American Affair, the music and the lopsided dramatic priorities take the viewer right out of the movie.
- 30NPRBob MondelloNPRBob MondelloHard to say what's dumber, the premise or the characters in William Olsson's trashily preposterous An American Affair.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWere it a farce instead of an earnest, paranoid thriller with pretensions to historicity, An American Affair might not seem so offensively exploitative. The fact that it is quite well acted, especially by Ms. Mol, who has the air of a sophisticated 1960s party animal down pat, only compounds the insult.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis is one of those films in which almost every element is done in such an embarrassingly amateurish way, you want to put it out of its misery.
- 0Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternI have no idea how such shameless prattle found its way to the screen.