Description Based on the novel by Graham Greene, this story of love and war is set in Saigon, 1952. Thomas Fowler, a journalist for the Times enjoys his life in Vietnam living with a beautiful local woman called Phuong. Fowler's peace is shattered with the arrival of Alden Pyle, a doctor who also falls in love with Phuong...
| Credits | | Writer: | Graham Greene | | Producer: | Staffan Ahrenberg, William Horberg |
Editorial Reviews "...Fowler may be the richest character of Mr. Caine's screen career....This great English actor gives a performance of astonishing understatement whose tone wavers delicately between irony and sadness..." New York Times - p.E14 - Stephen Holden (11/22/2002)
"...This is intelligent grown-up entertainment on both a political and a humanistic level..." USA Today - p.5E - Mike Clark (11/22/2002)
"...Superbly controlled, passionate....Caine makes his towering performance look casual..." Entertainment Weekly - p.76 - Lisa Schwarzbaum (11/29/2002)
"...There are compelling performances....Caine brings a touching sense of vulnerability..." Sight and Sound - p.58 - Edward Lawrenson (12/01/2002)
"...THE QUIET AMERICAN is a towering achievement with a soul-baring performance by Michael Caine....Caine has never been better..." Rolling Stone - p.106 - Peter Travers (12/12/2002)
"...Caine gives the kind of seemingly effortless performance it needs an entire career to prepare for....Caine's performance is intricate without seeming to be, a nuanced marvel of the actor's craft..." Los Angeles Times - p.C8 - Kenneth Turan (11/22/2002)
"...An elegant film, elegantly shot by Chris Doyle....Noyce restores and sharpens the political outlines of the period..." Film Comment - p.74-6 - Harlan Jacobson (01/01/2003)
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