2018 · drama
American Woman
Directed by Jake Scott1h 51m2018
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
Our read: American Woman (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- measured
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