American Star

Name: American Star
Genre: Thriller
Released: January 26, 2024
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Adam Nagaitis, Andrés Gertrúdix, Fanny Ardant, Ian McShane, Nora Arnezeder

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IFC Films | Release Date: January 26, 2024 | NR

Starring: Adam Nagaitis, Andrés Gertrúdix, Fanny Ardant, Ian McShane, Nora Arnezeder, Oscar Coleman, Pedro Alberto Galindo, Thomas Kretschmann

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.

Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: NR

Runtime: 107 min

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Alex Saveliev

Jan 26, 2024

It’s artistic without being pretentious, thoughtful, and elegiac without treading into monotony, beautifully acted without drawing too much attention to its stars. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 25, 2024

As a hitman on an assignment in a far-flung locale, [McShane's] as good as he’s ever been, exuding a heft and danger that typifies this understated and affecting genre effort. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan 26, 2024

This is an unusually intelligent and purposeful movie that doesn't say much, but is full of feeling. Read full review

J. Kim Murphy

Jan 26, 2024

The director’s most rewarding decision: simply trusting McShane to summon the mood. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Feb 22, 2024

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. Read full review

Screen Rant Ferdosa Abdi

Feb 16, 2024

Everything in American Star hinges on McShane's intuitive performance that rejects the obvious and embraces ambiguity. Read full review

Rex Reed

Jan 29, 2024

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. Read full review

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