The better the book, the worse the movie – that sad-but-true rule has few exceptions. And American Pastoral, first-time director Ewan McGregor's calamitous take on Phillip Roth's Pulitzer-winning 1997 novel, is awful enough to cement the rule in stone. McGregor and screenwriter John Romano misread the novel at every turn, draining it of life, power and purpose.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 'American Pastoral' Review: Ewan McGregor Doesn't Do Philip Roth Justice
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