Whether or not you were down for George Clooney’s somber and nearly-silent turn as a hitman looking to retire in The American (out today from Universal Studios Home Entertainment), it’s easy to understand why so many opening-weekend moviegoers felt like they’d been duped. Anton Corbijn’s film is quiet and cold and precise and so subtle that it felt like an arthouse movie. But Focus Features sold The American like it was another action-packed George Clooney shoot-em-up . But selling the sizzle and not the tofu is something that Hollywood has done since the nickelodeon days. And they certainly did it this year. Ahead, the most mis-marketed films of 2010.
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The American and 6 Other Mis-Marketed Movies of 2010
