"The American" and "The Romantics" are part of a tragically rare genre in America: Films that kids won't understand
What do we mean when we call a film or TV show "adult"?
The word is often used to refer to language, violence, sexual imagery or other material that adults don't want small children to see. But other films are "adult" in a different, arguably truer sense. They tell stories about people and situations that children (and the childishly minded) either cannot understand or aren't interested in. And they tell them in ways that demand engagement from the viewer, rather than slack-jawed spectatorship. These aren't "shows." They're situations involving somewhat believable adults involved in emotional and sometimes moral conundrums. And you don't always know whom to root for, or if you should root for anyone.As critic Jim Emerson is fond of saying, a film isn't about what it's about -- it's about how it's about it.
Why we need more "adult" movies
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