A touch melodramatic, but this is a first rate thriller. Caine is brilliant, and Fraser, while not particularly memorable, does well enough. The dreamlike cinematography is brilliant, the script fantastically complex and deep, and the politics fierce.
This review of The Quiet American (2002) was written by Gary S on 14 Aug 2008.
The Quiet American has generally received very positive reviews.
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