An all-over-the-map satire of American Idol where there are enough positives to outweigh the negatives.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 20, 2019

They wanted to cover too many things, and in some cases they have stayed halfway. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2019

Too broad and obvious to rate as satire, the film is finally neither focused nor acidic enough to say anything meaningful about the sorry state of the US.

| Apr 1, 2019

Still, it is gratifying to come across a mainstream film that seems happy to risk offending so many different groups. And, best of all, Weitz bravely declines to chicken out and give us a cosy ending.

| Apr 1, 2019

Truth is, American Dreamz could have used a bracing dose of Simon Cowell's cruel, sharp-tongued venom.

| Apr 1, 2019

Both delights and contrivances combine to provide a bombshell final reel that is at least a dozen shades darker than anyone would expect.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2019

Based on the material reality gave the writers of this film to work with, it should've been f---ing hilarious, right? Not so much.

| Apr 1, 2019

Don't be offended, none of this really means anything, it's just a goof about a lot of dumb stuff going down around us.

| Apr 1, 2019

The overriding problem here is that Weitz doesn't have much to say about his subject, other than that television, politics and terrorism are all part of show business.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2019

Still, if American Dreamz doesn't quite come together, it's more rewarding than lots of films that do. Like an episode of The Simpsons directed by Robert Altman, it's a smart, cynical sprawl.

| Apr 1, 2019

The film takes on more than it knows how to handle, and what starts out as a standard poke-in-the-eye of 온라인카지노추천 switches its satiric focus to the incompetence of terrorists and politicians, the heartlessness of celebs, and even the mess of Iraq.

| Apr 1, 2019

American Dreamz has funny and dark moments, but unfortunately not enough of either.

| Apr 1, 2019

Begins really quite well, but ends with three zeds, not one.

| Apr 1, 2019

The director of American Pie has set out to make a merciless satire of American media culture along the lines of Network, but his ideas are so commonplace that nothing registers except the bile.

| Apr 1, 2019

Promising more bite than it delivers, Dreamz is pitched too broadly to get very deeply under your skin. Still, there are some smarts at work here, and it will make you laugh.

| Mar 15, 2018

[Director Paul Weitz] daringly explores various kinds of nihilism, comparing the self-obliterating nature of both extremism and fame.

| Sep 26, 2017

American Dreamz tries hard to be both important and farcical, but it leans a bit too much towards farce without being funny enough to pull that off either. It's decent, but uninspired.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 28, 2010

The pieces are all in place for a slashing Preston Sturges jamboree. All that's missing are balls

| Aug 30, 2009

Weitz and crew almost create a "Satire for Dummies" film, featuring gags and social commentary that are neither funny, nor edgy...

| Apr 29, 2009

American Dreamz takes some good shots, develops some inspired absurdity, and takes on more targets than it knows what to do with.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 23, 2009