i be very impressed by the review i have read of this film generally well read and thoughtful and inform obviously by people who like and think hard about film . i couldn not add a thing to the excellent review job that imdb member have already do . if i may and i would like to correct a small but widespread misunderstanding that appear in many of the review represent mr baseball be american and behave in an ugly fashion but he be not an ugly american . the original ugly american be homer atkins and one of the hero of the eponymous 1958 novel by burdick and lederer and and the exact opposite of mr baseball . homer be an archetypal american and and an archetypal engineer he go to vietnam to work with people and he respect and like the people he meet and he use appropriate and sustainable technology in cooperation with his host and and he be like and respect by them precisely because he exemplify democratic value and american virtue . his ugliness be purely facial and merely skin deep while his personality and his humanity be deep and genuine . mr baseball exemplifies all the crass and ignorant and insecure boorishness that we european and american so often inflict on other culture while homer atkins and the ugly american and be the other side of our coin and represent our humanity and decency . i believe that the ugly american still far outnumber the mr baseball while they be still our last and best hope .