Gretchen Mol, James Rebhorn, Cameron Bright
Set in 1963, in the swirl of glamour and intrigue that turned President John F. Kennedy's Washington into Camelot, the movie traces the coming of age of a lonely 13-year-old Catholic school boy.
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September 27, 2009All pleasantries aside, An American Affair sole plot is the infatuation of a 13-year-old boy to a much older woman in Gretchen Mol. She plays Catherine who has a secret love affair with JFK. Adam (Cameron Bright) starts noticing Catherine through his bedroom window while l...( read more)
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August 2, 2009I don't see why this got such dreadful reviews, I thought was intriguing and well acted, particularly Gretchen Mol. I never lost interest, great cinematography. Fascinating plot.
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March 12, 2009Gretchen ' no nuts' Mol. currently in the soon to be cancelled US Life On Mars which is awesome, this could be awesome especially after her turn as Bettie Paige.
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Critic Reviews
March 12, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
February 27, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
This is not, by any reasonable definition of the term, a professional film, even though several experienced and established actors have been inveigled to inhabit it full review
February 26, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
If you can get past the exploitation-of-minors thing, there's a tawdry exuberance to moments like the one in which the twerp and his overage girlfriend drunkenly splash paint on each other. full review
February 26, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR
If you can get past the exploitation-of-minors thing, there's a tawdry exuberance to moments like the one in which the twerp and his overage girlfriend drunkenly splash paint on each other. full review
February 23, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The reason to see An American Affair is Gretchen Mol. full review
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