# American Woman (2018)

> Over eleven painful years, a fiercely defensive Pennsylvania mother raises her grandson while searching for closure after her teenage daughter disappears.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/217535

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Jake Scott
- Cast: Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul, Will Sasso, Sky Ferreira, Pat Healy, Alex Neustaedter, E. Roger Mitchell
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4465572/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: melancholic, bleak, intimate, quiet evening, emotionally cathartic viewing

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