There’s scope but not a whole lot of depth to “American Woman,” which attempts to make a sweeping and universal statement about one small life in the larger scheme of things.
But Sienna Miller’s titular figure is at once too abrasive and too glam to be especially relatable as the Everywoman intended.
Jake Scott’s third directorial feature in two decades doesn’t evince a firm enough grasp on the rhythms of lower-middle-class life in Rust Belt Pennsylvania to compensate for the over-dependence on crisis melodrama in Brad Inglesby’s script.While offering some nice grace notes, the film feels too soap-operatic to meet the high bar of its more literary-minded pretensions.
Unlikely to get the kind of critical support that would justify art-house exposure, it seems destined for quality cable sales.We first meet Deb Callahan (Miller) past 30, and already waist-deep in the consequences of various bad
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