| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Phil Kloer |
"Comedy of modern culture shows how deep our shallowness runs." more... |
A- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a political satire that's eerily emblematic of the moment we're living in..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"I responded to its savage, sloppy zeal." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...curiously mild social satire..." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...wickedly funny." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"Rather than treating its characters as walking punchlines, American Dreamz gets us to like them, reveling, from the inside, in their plasma-screen narcissism." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"There is ample opportunity here, it's just not utilized." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
John Defore |
"Flimsy and insufficiently funny satire..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Stealth bomb." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...a seriously unfunny comedy about a seriously juicy subject..." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...the production as a whole comes across as a soft-sell that never delivers with the force it should." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It's not a satire with lots of teeth, nor is it one that's all gums." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...bright and funny..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...lampoons the public's appetite for mindless entertainment and easy distraction from serious concerns." more... |
B |
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