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September 2, 2010

The 30-second Critic: The American

Thought you might appreciate a quick movie review, since I sneaked away from my blog yesterday long enough to be one of the first to see the new George Clooney film -- The American.

The movie has both fans and critics lining up on both ends of the spectrum. I enjoyed it, but it was definitely a slow, thoughtful, suspense non-thriller (and I don't mean that as a criticism) that will have you scratching your head a little on the way out of the theater. It's a hit-man movie with an odd, European neo-realist feel to it.

I'm not going out on a limb here. You're going to either love it or hate it.

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