American Star (film)

American Star is a 2024 British thriller film directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego,[4] written by Nacho Faerna,[5] and produced by Ian McShane and Michael Elliott.[6] The film stars McShane,[7] Thomas Kretschmann, Nora Arnezeder, Adam Nagaitis, Fanny Ardant, and Oscar Coleman.His target's absence leads him to a tranquil vacation, where he befriends Gloria, a bartender, and forms unexpected connections with the island's residents.The website's consensus reads: "Thanks in large part to the ever-watchable Ian McShane, American Star entertains as a slow-burning albeit somewhat standard thriller.[23] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com rated the film 3 out of 4 stars, deeming it to be an "unusually intelligent and purposeful movie that doesn't say much, but is full of feeling".
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