UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
3.5 有些情节是能引起共鸣，但好多问题完全没有解决，中国家庭那种父母权力压制，依旧需要孩子去做出让步。
整体不如「瀑布」，并且两部电影很多撞型的主题，主线都是在讲青春期的叛逆少女和中年落魄/患癌母亲的相爱相杀。从电影的技法上，「瀑布」明显优于「美国女孩」，观影趣味也更胜一筹。「美国女孩」倒也不至于在「瀑布」面前一无是处，林嘉欣和庄凯勋的表演和气场比起贾静雯李李仁强大很多，金🐴影后最后归贾多少考虑到林嘉欣毕竟有奖座加身，对贾静雯的安慰成分明显。
结尾处有加分。
在电影里居然看到了自己，勾起了好多小时候的回忆，升学考试，父母吵架，朋友离开，同学嘲笑，把生活的希望寄托在虚无，每一次的失落与难过都会随着时间退却又回来，说不清道不明的生活，或许就像是这部电影，并没有一个正确的答案，跟电影里爸爸说的一样，逃避或许有用……
年度最佳台湾电影，阮凤仪初出即惊人，有许鞍华和河濑直美的感觉
平庸，視聽語言太弱。但一如既往地喜歡林嘉欣的表演，第一次做化療時的緊張害怕脆弱，處理得很好。
这部电影很生活，因为结局像是没有结局，也没有答案。因为生活也是没有结局的，没有答案的。最近真的看好多涉及到小孩子的电影，我在想如果他们没生这两个小孩的话，是不是又不太一样呢。母亲和女儿，有太多可以讲述的东西了，好像天然的相斥相吸，想挣脱，但又宿命般的又回到原来的位置。
故事在完整看下来还是不错，特别是有几场戏十分感染人，爸爸妈妈和大女儿争吵冲突是戏肉！演员的表演比故事的呈现要好很多，会是看演员演绎看爽的作品。
在电影里居然看到了自己，勾起了好多小时候的回忆，升学考试，父母吵架，朋友离开，同学嘲笑，把生活的希望寄托在虚无，每一次的失落与难过都会随着时间退却又回来，说不清道不明的生活，或许就像是这部电影，并没有一个正确的答案，跟电影里爸爸说的一样，逃避或许有用……
喜欢，林嘉欣真的是演得太有分寸了！不多不少！很喜欢看似全靠自然光的摄影！本以为会用姐姐的演讲稿做ending或是和解的桥段，但现在的留白有种很克制的感觉，也不错。长片处女作来说真的很好！（姐姐的心路历程其实可以再多给一点点我觉得）
先看了《米纳里》再看的这部 觉得东亚的亲情都好苦 生活也很苦 虽然生活本来就苦 但怎么亲情都爱得这么苦啊 唉 中间有几场吵架太共情了看得我爆哭 但我为什么要因为吵架触动呢
家的本质是摇摇欲坠，为了能不破碎的生活下去，要对外防御，势必向内就会封闭。里面的女孩和女儿下辈子想当一匹马，女人和妈妈下辈子想当男人，后来离开“家”无论去了哪里都容易回到原点。没有读出来的演讲稿很好，芳仪想套住她以为的splash哭着说please i need u，发现不肯屈服的它不就是自己，而自己不就是妈妈吗，哭着哭着就被迫明白了，演得很动人。
不绝望就不会zhangda
比起愛，這一家人更懂什麼是恨。喜歡這部片細水長流的講述方式，到最後也沒有所謂的和解。看了導演的訪問，她說這部片沒有一場戲是虛構的，所以這種自傳式的情感故事衝擊力很大。話說大女兒在網咖裡聽的那首是周杰倫的什麼歌？（😢）
2.5/瑣碎的家庭生活呈現已經讓我感到肉疼，但正因為劇目將舞台局限於家庭本身，關於疫病/東亞式教育/cultural shock/生死等問题才無法被真誠且有效的回應(/解答)。
想要探讨的议题太多了，导致每个议题都是浅尝辄止。移民面临的culture shock, 癌症和肺炎，父亲的缺位和脆弱，夹带了一点两岸的复杂关系。这部电影就跟这个家庭的混乱和不适一样，到最后也没有太讲明白其中任何一个问题。以至于看到最后我仍然觉得美国是个刻板符号似的乌托邦而台湾水深火热。
大陆的《小伟》+新加坡的《爸妈不在家》。去年到现在第一部让我有些感动到泪目的片子，某些片段与我的生活重叠了，这也是我们这边很少看到的吧。但整体比较平庸温和，结局还行，有点赶。
自然主义表演和摄影的范本。
乍一看以為是身份認同議題，再一看又以為是文化認同議題，細看又以為是家庭議題，看到最後就不會再關心這是什麼議題了。這部影片最有意思的地方在於它每個家庭、每個人身上相同又不相通的複雜性，一點一點地掏出來給你看，不做任何評論，讓觀眾自己帶著自己的生活經驗去咂摸箇中滋味。
如果不是SARS 我可能还看不出来这是什么年代的戏 不论台湾还是美国 二十年来都挺遥远的 也就周杰伦的那首《安静》 二十年来一直不变地流行着
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