An American Carol

This is a very creative and super awesome movie

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I laughed when I came on here and saw a handful of sheepish shoegazers reviewing this movie. They called it 'propaganda', they called it a 'Conservative brainwashing tool.' Let's be honest for a few minutes. Hollywood is riddled with mind-numbingly moronic 'actors' who tell you how to feel, tell you how to spend your money, tell you how to vote, and tell you how you should live your life. Honestly, how can you 16 year old latte lappers truthfully view this film as 'propaganda'? It just makes me laugh. Anyway, this film was a nice breath of fresh air. I'm sick of Sean Penn pouring his whining little do-nothing tears all over the television set. I'm sick of Opera sitting on her $6,000 white sofa while crying about every low-life druggy that plops onto the seat next to her. I'm sick of the ALCU grave diggers scouring the globe and looking for the next person who says the word 'black' or spills coffee on their lap. I'm sick of Rosie Odonnell spraying bacon bits out of her loud mouth while she thinks she's daytime TVs answer to all the world's problems. Like I said, this film was a breath of fresh air. Watching this film I realized that modern day America has no General Patton, we have no war hero JFK, we have no liberty loving George Washington. Modern day America needs public officials that know the price of freedom...now I know some of you leftist Bolsheviks will laugh at that, but that's only to your demise. Billions of people around the world are suffering at the hands of brutal and power hungry dictators...yet you sit behind your computer, posting your inane blogs, and believing all the answers can be solved with a click of a mouse and a hug. Get a grip on reality and stop living in Candy Land. -AZ3 USN

The way you see this movie will depend on how you see politics. My son and I saw the very first showing in our town. We loved it enough to go right back with my wife and daughter to see it again. If you love America and you love someone in the military, you will like it. If you are a liberal then you don't have a sense of humor about liberal things and you will hate it. (See some of the other reviews.) It's not Casablanca. The actors are not Tracy and Hepburn. But I was surprised by the actors they did get to play in this movie. I saw an interview tonight on the O'Reilly Factor with Kevin Farley and Kelsy Grammar. They both agreed that they would be hurt in Hollywood for making this movie. I also heard an interview with director David Zucker, who said that his brother wanted to make sure that no one thought he was in any way involved with this. But some of the other actors were surprises: I had heard that John Voight was conservative, but Dennis Hopper? or Leslie Nielsen? or James Woods? or Robert Davi? The sight gags are mostly in line with other Leslie Nielsen films and the kids are especially cute. Like I said, this is not high melodrama. But real Americans will laugh, applaud and maybe even shed a tear. And they will tell their real American friends to go see this movie.

Some slapstick, mostly the kind of stuff you laughed at when Tom & Jerry did it thirty or forty years ago. Script-wise, it makes 'Goodburger' seem like comic genius. If you loathe Michael Moore, you'll probably find it hysterical. If you watch any network but FOX News, you'll possibly get a chuckle. But if you're just looking to throw away $9, go buy nine scratch-cards and save yourself the hour and half of your life. I thought it was going to be good farce, going in. I'm no fan of Michael Moore, but it takes some particularly vile cowardice to claim that anyone "hates America" because of their political views. Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain hate America. Joe Biden might accidentally call it the wrong name and Sarah Palin can't locate it on an unmarked world map, but they don't hate it. If the producers were seeking to attract the attention of independent moderates in the election season, they needed to put more work into the humor and less into making their already-fanatical base bark and clap like seals.

I love this movie because it portrays todays issues from the point of view of the right. Some of it is extremely funny, some is so seriously on target that it is almost sad. I hate it when liberals tell people to reserve their opinion until they go and see their ultra-left movie. I will admit that liberals should not watch this movie. I doubt if there are 5 minutes of it they would endure, much less enjoy. All I can say is its great to be able to get my conservative laughs and enjoy the fact that other people understand my principles and agree with them. If you are undecided about how you feel about politics then you might watch this movie as it does attempt to illustrate the absurdity of many ideas of the left with very graphic illustrations.

I realize that this film is as politically UNcorrect as it gets and that the hurtful, angry, Anti-American target population about which this movie focus will be very offended and defensive (that's not the radical Islamic terrorists...that's just the liberal left). Since the liberal left in fact controls most of Hollywood, I must give the Zucker, et. al. gang a pat on the back for being so brave and a slap on the knee for being quite funny. Zucker was a democrat until he converted and saw the light after 9-1-1. (Funny how so many young, naive Democrats grow up to be wise, experienced Republicans.) Politics aside, I believe that if everyone just let their ideology down, anyone can find some humor, and great patriotic feelings from this film and some genuine heart warming moments. Excellent cast and good acting by MANY well-known actors (unlike that recognized by the previous reviewer who also had to lower himself by calling them head-injured for expressing their opinions. He better see the film again... didn't get the message (which was a very obvious one). God bless you all and God Bless America.

I thought this was a very funny movie! Everybody did an awesome job. Kevin really reminds me of his brother, Chris. The film makes fun of Michael Moore and A Christmas Carol. The legendary Leslie Nielsen tells these kids a story at a 4th of July BBQ about how Michael Malone wanted to abolish 4th of July. Throughout the film, Michael is visited by the 3 ghosts of George Washington, General Patton, and John F. Kennedy. They try to get Michael to change his mind and love America again. Some terrorists want Michael to help them make a movie to show how evil America is, but towards the end, Michael begins to show the love! If you love spoofs, and America, but hate terrorists and Michael Moore, you'll love AN American CAROL!!!

Uh! Because it's an outrageous lampoon of a group of people who take themselves way too seriously. It's a comedy! The movie is not supposed to be taken seriously. I am amazed at how many people want this movie to succeed or fail because they think that it has some great political significance. This movie is just an outrageous irreverent comedy like Airplane, Hot Shots, Naked Gun, etc. Surely these actors and directors would have been capable of making a serious movie about their politics with serious comments on serious issues if that were their intention. Instead they made a movie that lampoons extreme liberalism with ridiculous characters on both sides of their story. News Flash: Liberals are fair targets for ridicule and humor. You would think that this was a lampoon of a major religion or something the way people are reacting. Look around dudes! There is plenty of conservative lampooning going on out there! The movie is typical of its type and it is funny. The fact that it lampoons the far left makes it unique and a must see since apparently that type of Hollywood sacrilege is so rare that people don't even know how to react to this movie. Of course, movies of this type never make a killing at the box office and critics typically hate them. Still there are plenty of warped people (myself included) who love outrageous comedy. If you are a mad dog liberal you may feel like the USSR is collapsing all over again while watching this movie. If you are a radical conservative you might feel that you are watching a documentary or maybe Best Picture of the Year. If you are a typical American with a warped "Naked Gun" type sense of humor then you are the target of this movie and you will find plenty to laugh at. I recommend this movie.

This movie was so refreshing- it said all of the things that people who are true patriots believe and conservative radio and newspapers are saying but the big media groups are not producing. America is a great nation, we need to fight terrorists, war is sometimes necessary to fight evil, the principles that our founding fathers fought for and built this nation upon are being attacked and we need to stand up, speak out and defend them. An American Carol was funny, sobering, deeply moving, thought-provoking, and truth proclaiming. It made me proud to be an American, and I hope many many people will support this movie so similarly messaged films will follow.