At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fru... (Full plot summary below)
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At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fruits of patriotism, just wars, and pacifism. Meanwhile, Arab terrorists want Malone to help them with a propaganda film. Is he the next Leni Riefenstahl or will he see the light?
Leave your thoughts about An American Carol.
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderI'm giving it a just-barely-recommended grade not because it's terribly funny (which it isn't), but because it's fascinating as a cultural artifact. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettThe gags come fast and furiously with one-liners to make the case that liberals don't have exclusive rights to humor in Hollywood. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealThe right should follow Zucker's lead engage its liberal opposition with humor rather than the crass protests and attempts at bans usually flung at Moore's films. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe sole laughs are scored by Robert Davi, amusingly playing it straight as a Muslim terrorist who wants to hire Malone to make a suicide bomber recruitment film. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA loony attack on wacko liberalism and a ding-dong defense of wacko conservatism. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfAmerican Carol reinforces how needlessly divisive our country has become. Certainly there's a better way to say "Yay America!" than this lousy, hopeless movie, easily one of the worst films of the year. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsZucker's film reeks of a deeply insecure psychosis, one that's often insultingly mislabeled as patriotism -- which is how it gets away with wrapping itself in red, white and blue while simultaneously ridiculing our Bill Of Rights. |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrIt's neat to see a movie from another point of view... Still, the movie has a message, and that message gets in the way of the comedy at least half of the time |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt's a gag-strewn, hit-and-miss affair that's not without its chuckles. |
| Jam! MoviesJason MacNeilNice try, but I'd watch Airplane! again first. |
