Review of American Pastoral

This film is a miserable trip down an inexplicable rabbit hole with no explanations or resolutions and thus constitutes a distressing waste of talent and resources. The story is full of holes, featuring a near saintly-dispositioned hero with the patience of Job - but without any rewards for his suffering; how, exactly, his beautiful, smart, stuttering daughter transforms from adoring and adored darling to a spoiled and disrespectful brat who morphs into a terrorist who is then in turn terrorised into a state of trauma from which there is no return, makes no sense within the story presented to the audience suckered into it by beautiful photography, cast and an upbeat beginning. How this film was greenlit by any studio anywhere, remains a mystery. Furthermore, it's a liability to put entertainment out there like this: I wish I'd spent my precious 1.5 hours leisure time watching something more interesting and uplifting. If I'd watched it in a cinema, you can be certain I'd demand my money back!