Liberal movie critic Stephen Schaefer of the allegedly
conservative Boston Herald gives it a D and calls it
mirthless.
http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1123288&format=comments
My response:
Of course, a lib columnist hates it. I saw it and thought it was hilarious! Yes, it puts down libs but does so with the same zany sense of humor Zucker used in Airplane! and Naked Gun. Also a deep respect for our soldiers and a celebration of what’s good about America. Hopefully Hollywood will not turn into “bin Laden City”, or has it?
Ty Burr of Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/10/04/an_american_carol_takes_aim_at_the_left/
” The Leni Riefenstahl documentary award ceremony is a hoot, and the attack of the ACLU zombie attorneys is funny no matter what side you’re on. The bit where Robert Davi’s Islamic terrorist removes his fake beard to reveal a real beard beneath is a classic throwaway Zucker sight gag. At such points you wonder if America’s real enemies - without and within - are those who can’t take a joke.
“’An American Carol” is on a mission, though, and it’s not to convert hearts and minds but to play to the choir. Why else draft Bill O’Reilly to play himself opposite Malone and a crude “Rosie O’Connell” caricature (Vicki Browne)? Why else treat the script like a series of Republican talking points?”
Check out the user reviews on IMDB.com: Many are very,
very POSITIVE!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190617/usercomments?start=0
bmennen: “My friend and I LOVED this movie (disclaimer: we are both conservatives). A Jerry Zucker/Airplane like comedy...wrapped up with good old-fashioned patriotism. The late Chris Farley’s kid brother was better than expected, the pacing was fast, and there were MANY laugh out loud yucks.”
Lori Ingham: “One of the more touching moments in the film is that of the Ghost of George Washington (Jon Voight), where he brings the Moore clone (Kevin Farley) to Ground Zero after it’s been bombed by the terrorists. It’s enough to get anyone teary-eyed, and if you know the history behind Zucker’s conversion to conservatism, you know that it took place shortly after 9/11.”
psychobillyjean: “This movie had a packed house at 5:30p.m. the first day it came out and the audience didn’t stop laughing the entire time.
In the tradition of George Carlin, Lenny Bruce or Richard Pryor, what makes this movie so funny is its willingness to speak the obvious truths no one else will say.
This movie is a crippling blow for the leftist Hollywood which attempts to silence all other points of view. When the public sees the humorous truths portrayed in the movie contrasted with the bleak and unrealistic view Hollywood normally likes to paint, it makes the Hollywood agenda even more obvious.
All the actors, especially Kevin Farley and Kelsey Grammar are damn funny and make a good on-screen duo.
This is a hilarious movie which takes a different slant on the current politics in America, and, though it is only one movie as compared with thousands of liberal movies (from W to Harold and Kumar go to Guantanamo) it sure has upset the status quo.
An American Carol is every independent thought you’ve ever had but funnier. It’s already a legend. “