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The Quiet American

Name: The Quiet American
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 2002
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Tzi Ma, Rade Šerbedžija

Taste attributes: dramaromancethrillerhistoricaljournalisticslowheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeRealistic and stirring: a heavy thriller, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 202 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems.

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