At first it's easy to mistake "The American" for an exercise in vanity the worst kind of star vehicle, in which the camera dotes on the star.

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Her features are sort of see-through, her skin is really pale, and she has thin white-blond hair this is why I say she should be a star, because the camera loves all that, close up.

NEWYORKER: Natalie