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American Ultra

2015

Nima Nourizadeh

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, Topher Grace ...

5.1

5,642

Action. Comedy Stoner Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) and his girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) live a sleepy, small-town existence which is disrupted when his past comes back to haunt him in the form of a government operation set to wipe him out.

	Media	Author	Review
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A genre mash that's mildly amusing until it can't think of anything else to do besides flop around in the deep end of conspicuous gore."
		Andrew Barker Variety	"Too often plays like an earnest yet unsatisfying adaptation of a cult graphic novel, with most of the charm lost in translation. Full of clever ideas, bloody violence (...) it can’t manage to cook all these goodies into a palatable whole."
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Unfortunately both Eisenberg and Stewart, both frequently brilliant, are on unsure footing here. The movie simply doesn't know if it wants to be Jason Bourne or Cheech and Chong. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Eisenberg and Stewart stay appealing to the last. The movie, not so much. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"A diverting summer action adventure with occasional laughs."
		Alan Markfield Entertainment Weekly	"Plot-wise it’s all basically a boondoggle. Still, the movie is a fun mess, (...) American Ultra probably won’t win any awards (...) but it’s August, not Oscar season; check your brain at the popcorn-butter pump in the lobby and enjoy it."
		David Ehrlich Time Out	"Artless and unpleasant, this is the kind of late-summer swill that gives August a bad name (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Part stoner comedy, midnight movie, outsiders' love story and ultraviolent B-movie, this intriguing film is given real soul by stars (...) But the ambitions end up being more laudable than the results."

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