Review of American Dreamz (2006) by Johnd. — 12 Sep 2006
Some critics diss Paul Weitz's American Dreamz as too "middle of the road," but that's a pose. Weitz errs in his calculated bid to create the definitive, film-critic-pleasing contemporary satire -- lampooning Bush's War on Terror and American Idol.
It's not that he heralds The New York Times (that's considered positive), but he presents a Red-Stater President as being capable of accessing the "nuance" of The New York Times. Ergo: "middle of the road.
" Access to that New York Times "nuance" -- a bogus concept -- is a privilege film critics maintain for themselves. Weitz is so delusional -- so enraptured to ambition -- that he accepts the authority of The New York Times as American Reality.
This review of American Dreamz (2006) was written by Johnd. on 12 September 2006.
American Dreamz has generally received mixed reviews.
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