Synopsis
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he is and what will happen if he escapes, Gitty chooses to confront the thin line between reality and fiction.
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Cast
- Peyton KennedyGitty
- Richard SchiffJonathan
- Kip PardueAbe
- Zuleikha RobinsonVera
- Rusty SchwimmerEthel
- Marci MillerSarah
- Gavin MacintoshMartin
- Theresa TillyAnna Winters
- Charlie BabboMichael
- Spencer MossHeidi
Recommendations
- 75
RogerEbert.com
American Fable is ambitious, maybe too much so sometimes, but there's an intense pleasure in the boldness of the film's style, its confidence in what it is about. - 70
Village Voice
The film beguiles more than it thrills, its plotting never quite measuring up to its atmosphere or its suggestions of deeper meanings. - 67
Consequence
While American Fable isn’t without its share of flaws, it’s the type of inventive production that hints of happier endings to come. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Whatever license the word “fable” grants Hamilton, it doesn’t redeem the narrative muddle. But there’s an undeniable gutsiness to her filmmaking. The American dreamscape she creates is memorably unsettling. - 60
Variety
Gorgeously shot, and helmed with a sense of daring and verve that belies Hamilton’s greenness to feature filmmaking, this is a debut of obvious promise, although its story never quite rises to the level of its craft. - 60
Arizona Republic
The filmmaking is gorgeous and unsettling, giving the Midwest of the early 1980s a Gothic feel. The acting is hit or miss — two performances stand head and shoulders above the rest — but it’s the story that never quite gels. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
American Fable possesses an amorphous, dreamlike quality that proves increasingly irritating as it wears on. - 40
The New York Times
It’s a nice opening for a movie that spirals into nonsense.
