Metacritic Movie Ratings
American Dreamz Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  A blithe, funny, and engaging movie.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Not as incisive a political commentary as "Thank You For Smoking," American Dreamz lampoons the public's appetite for mindless entertainment and easy distraction from serious concerns.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The movie is more slapdash than smooth, more impulsive than calculating, and it takes cheap shots. I responded to its savage, sloppy zeal.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Grant's second coming as a rake and an egotist is the best thing to happen to his career since "Four Weddings and a Funeral." He is twice as enjoyable as the preening bad guy as he was as the bumbling good guy, and Weitz makes perfect use of the new persona.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  A film with none of the heart that has characterized Weitz's best work and none of the freshness of his most successful.

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• 40

  out of 100

  VarietyRobert Koehler

  Combining a gallery of targets including President Bush, "American Idol," the Iraq War and the overarching theme of a nation of citizens held in the thrall of phony dreams, pic and its ambitions are undermined by insistent cartoonishness and comic ineptitude.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  The jokes don't just fizzle into insignificance; they flop about with gaudy ineffectualness, gasping for air like newly landed trout.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The movie stands as a genuine offense against the venerable and indispensable institution of satire.

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