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?”
Good. I don't like O'Reilly, but it's refreshing to see a movie that isn't so pretentious as to try to "convert hearts and minds." I don't watch movies to be converted, I watch them to be entertained, especially comedies. If they're funny and if I happen to be in the choir, so much the better.