American Fable possesses an amorphous, dreamlike quality that proves increasingly irritating as it wears on.

"American Fable" has its problems ... but it's a promising debut for Hamilton.

American Fable is ambitious, maybe too much so sometimes, but there's an intense pleasure in the boldness of the film's style, its confidence in what it is about.

[American Fable] is a lovely film which smartly puts much of its faith behind young actress Peyton Kennedy, in the role of Gitty.