American Dreamz


Abstract:
Weird, disturbing, and pointless.

Body:
I rented American Dreamz on Netflix, partly because I wanted to see it, but mostly because I remembered that Sarah wanted to see it and I was trying to do something nice for her. Turned out, it wasn't so nice. She could only stand to watch the movie for 20 minutes, and although I finished it, I wish I hadn't.

American Dreamz is a story where a reluctant terrorist, egomaniacs, and the President of the United States cross paths on national television. Each of these characters is a cartoonish stereotype with predictable behavior: the terrorist is really a nice guy; the all-American girl is scheming and power-hungry; and the President is an incompetent (mostly) controlled by his handler. Aside from the terrorist, who is the only character in the movie who faces a believable dilemma, the characters are poorly acted and never pull the audience in, which doesn't help this nearly two hour movie go any faster. Every scene feels drawn out with details about characters we don't care about. And when the climax finally comes, we're hardly surprised or interested, only disturbed by the inhumanity of the characters' behavior, but not in a way that reveals anything.

This movie was bad. Avoid it at all costs.

Posted: Mon - November 6, 2006 at 05:14 PM         |    

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