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American Dreamz
List Price: $9.99
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$3.99
on 11-28-2008
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Features
Actors: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore (II), Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein
Directors: Paul Weitz
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: October 17, 2006
Run Time: 108 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (72 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
This review is from: American Dreamz (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)
I, of all people, am certainly open to the idea of a connection between the Iraq War, "American Idol," and our brain dead president. My version goes something like this: The complacency of an American public that has been seduced by a game show has allowed our leader to lead us into a disastrous war. The problem with "American Dreamz" is that the dots are not connected as well as they should have been. The opposite of nimble, this film rambles all over the political and cultural fabric of America mowing down anything in its path. The president of this universe President Staton (Dennis Quaid) has just been re-elected for a second term. But his sudden discovery of the magic of the written word has caused him to bunker himself down and go on an all out learning binge. This is bad for his chief of staff (Willem Dafoe) who has to field questions from a feisty press (wouldn't it be nice) and who is concerned that the president might start thinking for himself. So he books him as a guest judge on "American Dreamz," an "American Idol" stand in. This is good news for the terrorists who see the opportunity to get one of their own into the final round and use a suicide bomb to blow Staton away. The script, unfortunately, needs a minor makeover as the film is OK, but also bloated and weak. Most of director Chris Weitz' venom is aimed at "American Idol." He portrays it as an overwhelmingly fake spectacle where the manufactured image of a poor country girl (Mandy Moore in a performance she can finally be proud of) who makes out with a puppeted war vet (Chris Klein, perfectly cast) is enough to win the hearts of America. And it is all hauntingly true. A culture of insta-celebrity has infected out country where the "Most Popular" award is now given out before the contestants even do anything, and is only given to the one with the best agent. The film itself is high gloss. But it is also an attack on everything that people who like high gloss entertainment hold dear. Hugh Grant riffing on Ryan Seacrest is mildly amusing, but ultimately only so so. Giving this film a thumbs down brings me no pleasure. It is brave and wants to change the way people think. The climax scores in a big way. It wants us to know, as "Little Miss Sunshine" also did, that the whole world is just one big beauty pageant. Still, the script was all over the map. Too many storylines in this particular kitchen. The middle section seems to go on forever. I would also say that they reached a point of overkill in the department of drawing parallels between Staton and Bush. I get it, they are the same thing, but parallels aren't comedy all by themselves. Finally, I just didn't find it to be in good taste to let the "America Idol" audience off the hook in the end. Yes, I agree, as silly as it is, the outrageous singing and dancing show does have the ability to bring the world closer together. Fame and fortune are pretty much universal. But the people that watch it are the same ones who truly are terrified (and manipulated) by the clips of terrorists on the monkey bars. And they are the ones who have allowed the Iraq War to continue on, unchecked, because the singing and dancing show constituted a higher priority for them. Why not call them out for being the enablers that they are? ***
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