The gags come fast and furiously with one-liners to make the case that liberals don't have exclusive rights to humor in Hollywood.
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11/15/08
An American Carol (2008)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:5
Rotten:35
Average Rating:3/10
Consensus: An American Carol suffers not so much from its perceived political bias, but from the fact that it simply is not very funny.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $6,960,000
Synopsis: Director David Zucker (AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN) returns to the satire genre with AN AMERICAN CAROL. The political spoof stars Kevin Farley (brother of the late comedian Chris Farley) as Michael Malone,... [More]
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins
Director: David Zucker
Reviews for An American Carol
I'm giving it a just-barely-recommended grade not because it's terribly funny (which it isn't), but because it's fascinating as a cultural artifact.
10/03/08
... while it may be (director David Zucker's) passion for the (obvious conservative agenda), it's easily more entertaining than either Scary Movie 3 or 4.
10/04/08
It's neat to see a movie from another point of view... Still, the movie has a message, and that message gets in the way of the comedy at least half of the time
10/03/08
The right should follow Zucker's lead engage its liberal opposition with humor rather than the crass protests and attempts at bans usually flung at Moore's films.
10/03/08
As entertainment, An American Carol ranks below YouTube clips of Sarah Palin.
10/06/08
... the jokes are lame and the caricatures too removed from any defensible reality.
11/12/08
This is an uneven, uninspired, tired spoof that has about 10 funny jokes throughout.
10/07/08
Using sledgehammer gags in the service of a dissent-bashing tale, Zucker aims for the flag-waving brio of Warner Bros. cartoons during World War II, but he succeeds only in ruining Farley’s big break.
04/23/09
just too insular to be engaging
12/31/08
American Carol reinforces how needlessly divisive our country has become. Certainly there's a better way to say "Yay America!" than this lousy, hopeless movie, easily one of the worst films of the year.
10/03/08
An American Carol dares to mock the Left, but it forgets to bring the funny.
10/31/08
While it is the liberals of America who receive the brunt of abuse, it is the conservatives, portrayed as hypocritical, narrow-minded hicks and heathens, that unintentionally look like fools.
10/03/08
Forget about politics for a moment...Carol is first and foremost a terrible piece of filmmaking, marred by bad performances, cringe-inducing dialogue and amateurish direction.
10/06/08
Overall, Zucker's cinematic middle finger is about as funny as an exploding toilet seat for hemorrhoid-induced senior citizens...a dreary picture mired in sophomoric sludge.
10/14/08
Although it's refreshing to encounter a parody that doesn't use tired movie genres for inspiration, An American Carol squanders its comedic potential with a near-total absence of laughs.
10/06/08
Given that this supremely silly satire directed by The Naked Gun's David Zucker plays more like something slapped together to beat an expiration date, it's hard to get too worked up about it.
10/06/08
Top CriticRight-wing political comedy just isn't funny.
10/07/08
Nice try, but I'd watch Airplane! again first.
10/18/08
...too unfocused and ill-disciplined to work either as Dickens pastiche or as political satire.
10/10/08
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October 31, 2008:
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