American Pastoral

A radically ordinary story.

A once legendary high school athlete is now a successful businessman married to a former beauty queen. But turmoil brews beneath the polished veneer of his life. When his beloved teenage daughter, disappears after being accused of committing a violent act, he dedicates himself to finding her and reuniting his family. What he discovers shakes him to the core, forcing him to look beneath the surface and confront the chaos that is shaping the world around him.

109 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex).
Crime, Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker
Director	Ewan McGregor
Screenplay	John Romano , from the novel by Philip Roth
Music	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Martin Ruhe
Editing	Melissa Kent
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Lakeshore Entertainment, Lions Gate Films, TIK Film

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Moderate impact, frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	Mild impact, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for some strong sexual material, language and brief violent images
Runtime	108
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Todd McCarthy 'American Pastoral' lacks complexity of Roth's novel.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Dié Roth-roman geen guns gedoen as fliek.	10
Cape Times Unknown	15
Metacritic.com 30 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 101 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer American Pastoral finds debuting director Ewan McGregor’s reach exceeding its grasp with a well-intentioned Philip Roth adaptation that retains the form, but little of the function, of its source material.	5
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Talented cast can’t save mature, disappointing adaptation.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 21 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 2288 users	9
Internet 5893 Netizens	12
Average .. 48%	10