49
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Heist movies usually focus on the crime; road movies on the road. American Woman flicks at those genres, but its focus is somewhere else – on the relationships that develop in the liminal spaces between moments of intensity.
- 70Screen DailyStephen WhittyScreen DailyStephen WhittyClear-eyed and sharply written, it feels like a natural fit for the small screen, although it may be too quiet to make much of an impact on theatrical markets.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe film is lively and detailed enough so it is never boring, but it never takes off dramatically or realizes its intriguing possibilities either.
- 50The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersThere’s little that’s memorable here and less to latch onto, beyond the foregrounding of an Asian woman in American history and Chau’s performance.
- 30VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen Gleiberman“American Woman” tries to give us a fresh angle on a familiar subject, but the film is listless and desultory. It sketches in the scuzzy power dynamics of these characters but fails, in most cases, to dramatize what made them tick.