DVD Review

Made in U.S.A. (2009)

Reviewed by Chris Nashawaty | Jul 15, 2009

Chris Nashawaty

Chris Nashawaty is a senior writer for EW, and author of EW.com's DVD Insomniac column

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Rated: Unrated; DVD Release Date: Jul 21, 2009; Genre: Mystery; With: Anna Karina

Image credit: Everett Collection

Made in U.S.A.

Made in U.S.A. is one of a pair of confounding, highly stylized Criterion releases from the tail end of Jean-Luc Godard's brilliant run of '60s New Wave classics (the other is the less interesting 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her). In a film that's half noir, half semiotics lecture, Anna Karina plays a foxy, gun-toting femme fatale wandering through a series of Mondrian-colored sets. But what does it all mean? You're on your own there, pal. EXTRAS feature a 2002 interview with Karina and a handy explanation of all the symbolic references in the film. B+

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Originally posted Jul 15, 2009 Published in issue #1057 Jul 24, 2009 Order article reprints

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