earlier this year I saw "indignation", an adaption of another phillip roth novel. I feel it is the best film I've seen so far in 2016. now comes another roth novel, "American pastoral". it's a much different story. that was about prejudice. this is much different. it's the 1960's; viet nam, race riots and much of American youth is disillusioned with the government and their parents and the u.s. in this case the youth is the daughter of Jennifer Connelly and ewan McGregor. (this is also a time when ann landers did her famous survey, asking her readers if they would have children again. 70% said no.) when something awful happens, the family is torn apart. and the father cannot accept it. that's a simplistic capsule review. it's much more than that , of course. I've never read any of roth's novels, but am aware of his writing. this is a difficult movie to sit through and at times I felt that the director (McGregor) had lost his way, but somehow, it comes together in the end. the reviews have been mixed. serious movie buffs-go.
Review of American Pastoral
