Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

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American Pastoral (2016)

A radically ordinary story.

★ 6.2/10 October 20, 2016 108 min

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Director: Ewan McGregor  ·  Writer: John Romano

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

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Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor

Cast

Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor Swede Levov Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Connelly Dawn Levov Dakota Fanning Dakota Fanning Merry Levov David Strathairn David Strathairn Nathan Zuckerman Peter Riegert Peter Riegert Lou Levov Rupert Evans Rupert Evans Jerry Levov Uzo Aduba Uzo Aduba Vicky Molly Parker Molly Parker Sheila Smith Valorie Curry Valorie Curry Rita Cohen Hannah Nordberg Hannah Nordberg Merry (12 years old) Julia Silverman Julia Silverman Sylvia Levov Mark Hildreth Mark Hildreth Agent Dolan

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Reno
Reno November 4, 2017
★ 6/10

**About a father who never gave up on his daughter!** The book was from the 90s and the story is about the 60s. Narrated from the father's perspective, that's what I think did not work in this film. This is where a film and the book does not synch. Because books are always very detail when it describes a person. In the films, they are just a simple visual where viewers have to focus on those details to have a perfect impression like the book. So I totally point out to the writer who did not quite transformed the point of the storytelling. It is not the parents to decide what their kids want to be. The film opened with a couple ready to get married, arguing with their elders about something. Soon it forwards to a few years where their relationship with their daughter seems not good. Further, they become more distant and completely lose her for the unrest in the society and the natio…