American Pastoral (2017) - Blu-ray Forum

hanshotfirst1138 · 04-18-2020, 01:32 AM

I read this book in college, and I know it got a ringing endorsement from Harold Bloom. Had no idea there was a movie.

James Luckard · 04-18-2020, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

I read this book in college, and I know it got a ringing endorsement from Harold Bloom. Had no idea there was a movie.

It was a fall prestige film that premiered at Toronto, where it got bad reviews, which are toxic to prestige films, so it only got a brief token release afterwards. I saw it in the theater, based on the EXTRAORDINARY trailer. It's not perfect, but it's clearly the work of a lot of talented artists, even if it doesn't all come together exactly as they had hoped.

dbach690 · 05-29-2021, 02:36 PM

The book by Philip Roth is better than the film, but that being said, the film is excellent. I have no idea why the reviews are so bad. The Sixties tore families apart. Dakota Fanning captures the radical element within the New Left in extraordinary fashion.

04-18-2020, 01:32 AM	#1
hanshotfirst1138 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 4K collection:112 Blu-ray collection:741 DVD collection:91 Trading Score:24	I read this book in college, and I know it got a ringing endorsement from Harold Bloom. Had no idea there was a movie.

05-29-2021, 02:36 PM	#3
dbach690 Active Member Member since:Apr 2021 4K collection:109 Blu-ray collection:496 DVD collection:34	The book by Philip Roth is better than the film, but that being said, the film is excellent. I have no idea why the reviews are so bad. The Sixties tore families apart. Dakota Fanning captures the radical element within the New Left in extraordinary fashion.

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