American Pastoral

2016 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Synopsis

An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.

Scores

Overall Score
56.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
65.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
56.1%
Review Aggregate
36.0

Critic Consensus

23.6% Fresh • 123 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 24% of 123 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, emotional, character-driven. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotemotionalcharacter-drivenvisually strikingfamily-friendlyhistoricalfunnypsychologicalpacing issuesuneven tone

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ewan McGregor2016$562,000$735,000(est)
Jennifer Connelly2016$346,000$452,000(est)
Dakota Fanning2016$261,000$341,000(est)
Peter Riegert2016$213,000$279,000(est)
Rupert Evans2016$182,000$238,000(est)
Uzo Aduba2016$160,000$210,000(est)
Molly Parker2016$144,000$188,000(est)
David Strathairn2016$131,000$171,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score24.0
RT critic review count123
Rotten Tomatoes audience score32.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes19,131

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2016$544,098$711,181
International2016$1,519,338$1,985,901
Worldwide2016$2,063,436$2,697,083

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2016$879,784$1,149,951
Digital Rentals ?2016$2,474,000$3,233,724
Digital Purchases ?2016$2,522,000$3,296,464
Physical Rentals ?2016$2,171,000$2,837,678
Physical Purchases ?2016$6,128,000$8,009,807
TV & Streaming Revenue2016$228,521$298,696
Total Revenues2016$14,403,305$18,826,320
Expenses
Budget ?2016$10,000,000$13,070,833
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2016$1,960,000 (est)$2,561,883 (est)
Participations2016$288,000$376,440
Residuals ?2016$771,000$1,007,761
Interest & Overhead2016$2,000,000$2,614,167
Total Expenses2016$15,019,000$19,631,085
Movie Net Profit or Loss2016$-615,695$-804,764

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