Fabio Penela
27Aug11
here's a new one.
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zondabez
24Apr12
Sempre acompanhei as adaptações de Ripley para o cinema - personagem originalmente 'vivente' nos livros de Patricia Highsmith - e "O amigo americano" é uma versão dedicada. Esse é um Wenders mais, digamos, 'pé no chão', pois não trilha caminhos da subjetividade e abstração, como em outras produções suas, e se fixa mesmo em contar uma história. Com a dupla Hopper-Ganz consegue elaborar momentos certeiros de tensão.
Sean
20Mar12
So fucking great, this film has a quiet intensity to it, some scenes had me on the edge of my seat. Hopper and Ganz both give great performances and their chemistry together is fantastic. Wish Wenders would make more films like this as he is pretty hit and miss with me.
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T. J. Harman
1Mar12
Not to crap on the dead but sometimes I think Dennis Hopper was a more interesting film presense during his wild man, drug period. I may be committing literary blasphemy here but his Tom Ripley is the only one I care about. His performance in this, my fave Wenders film, is a poem of existential beauty (sorry i'm pretenscious).Muller's use of color and Ganz's supporting work give equal weight as well.
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Tom Mikos
3Feb11
Beautiful. Understated. Ganz and Hopper's performances are extraordinary. A revelation in crime cinema.
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Charles Deckert
18May10
The Wenders approach to the tried and tired crime drama turns the genre in on itself to create a story of emotional and human strain, resonating into something much more powerful and according than a typical director's take on the thriller.
wilkins
14May10
So many surprises for a movie that's always utterly under control. Just a gorgeously photographed piece of work, as is the norm with D.P. Robby Müller. Wenders is so crafty with how he lures you in, only to alter his tone. A fascinating use of a character like Ripley, who Dennis Hopper makes both awkward and menacing at the same time.