Posted on 10/02/2008 8:19:59 PM PDT by Publius804
DHP Review: An American Carol
Posted by Dirty Harry on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
For the record, the cut I saw of An American Carol was not the finished cut. As a matter of fact, I was told it was the first cut. So you can safely assume that the film has improved since.
Political satire is a tough genre requiring a wire walker at the helm with the talent and maturity to avoid the dual pitfalls of sanctimony and pretension. John Cusack couldn’t do it. War, Inc. was an embarrassment that wallowed in both of those pitfalls and could be a case-study in what not to do. David Zucker, however, not only pulls it off with An American Carol, he does so rather brilliantly.
Yes, I said “brilliant,” and I mean it. Anyone who’s seen Airplane! (1980) or The Naked Gun (1988) knows that Zucker has genius in him, but to transfer that genius so successfully into the Making A Statement department caught me completely by surprise. But first and foremost, An American Carol is absolutely, laugh-out-loud hilarious.
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I can’t wait to see this. I’m going with my daughter tomorrow.
I’ve talked the wife into letting me take her to this movie on Saturday for our anniversary! LOL!! Love those Naked Gun and Airplane movies.
We will go see this movie simply because the promo made me laugh every time I saw it.
If we want conservative values portrayed in movies, we have to support the few that are produced, such as this one and “Fireproof.”
Gonna be at the first available show manana!
I cant wait to go see this.I dont support hollyweird by going to the movies but I will support Zucker.
BTTT! :)
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