American Dreamz (2006)
41 %
Reviews Counted: 150 Fresh: 61 Rotten:89 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
This overly silly satire aims at too many targets with arrows too dull to make relevant social commentary.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 21, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $7,156,725
Synopsis: Filmmaker Paul Weitz -- whose comic explorations have ventured into the synergistic halls of corporate culture (In Good Company), the perils of psychological isolationism (About a Boy) and the vicissitudes of losing one's virginity (American Pie)-- now delivers a comedy yanked from... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Mandy Moore, Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Quaid, Chris Klein
Director: Paul Weitz
Screenwriter: Paul Weitz
Producer: Rodney Liber, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Composer: Stephen Trask
Screenwriter: Paul Weitz
Producer: Rodney Liber, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Composer: Stephen Trask
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Did writer-director Paul Weitz think that U.S. audiences would be too dumb to appreciate actual satire?
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04/08/07
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01/27/07
A comedy that delivers in every way, "American Dreamz" easily gets my vote.
12/13/06
In a way, this film talks out of both sides of its mouth -- lampooning and loving its targets at the same time. But most viewers, I suspect, won't mind.
09/08/06
After a promising start, the film visibly deflates before your eyes, as joke after joke falls flat and Weitz himself seems to forget why he thought the premise was funny in the first place.
07/07/06
...Opting for a broad, light mood that’s at complete odds with the darker potential of its political premise.
06/24/06
It has the good sense to hold up a mirror to ourselves, only instead of making us feel guilty and stupid, it makes us feel inclusive and in on the big joke.
06/11/06
There's the seed of a good satire in American Dreamz, but the film flops spectacularly due to a poorly written screenplay.
05/13/06
A satire that sets its sights too high and elicits only a few laughs here and there.
05/12/06
his movie, full of easy swipes at easy targets, comes off like that overly chummy guy at a party who got drunk too early and goes around taking too long to set up a joke that’s already been beaten to death.
05/12/06
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05/06/06
... American Dreamz is kind of all over the place from the beginning.
05/06/06
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05/06/06
Subtlety and sincerity go out the window in favour of crass stereotypes and easy jibes ...
05/06/06
For all its misguided qualities, the movie is at least perfectly cast.
05/06/06
There's a brilliant movie here somewhere, but it's never quite brought out.
05/06/06
A moderately engaging satire, some of it amusing and some of it strained, but in considerable measure it reflects a strange circumstance in all our lives.
05/05/06
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did anybody evan see this film
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