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An American Carol

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Documentary filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) makes movies about America's shortcomings and is now embarking on a campaign to abolish July 4th. However, he meets John F. Kennedy (Chriss Anglin) on the eve of the holiday, who tells Malone that he will soon be visited by three ghosts. The spirits of a country singer (Trace Adkins), Gen. George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer) and George Washington (Jon Voight) visit Malone and try to instill a sense of patriotism and love for his country.
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An American Carol suffers not so much from its perceived political bias, but from the fact that it simply is not very funny.

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Richard Corliss TIME Magazine 11/29/2018
The mean spirit of Zucker's satire hardly jibes with the liberal spirits of the original tale. Go to Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 10/18/2008
0.5/5
This movie is seriously unfunny, and it's not just my admittedly left-wing politics that are in the way of my getting the joke. Go to Full Review Susan Walker Toronto Star 10/13/2008
1/4
Utterly asinine, sophomoric, tasteless, the movie has much in common with Zucker's Airplane!, The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and Scary Movie sequels, minus the laughs. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/02/2020
0/4.0
It fails. Miserably. Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/06/2019
It often takes mockery and even silliness to make one see the best and worst of a situation or themselves or just have to have some fun and it always seems to be funnier when done on film and by David Zucker. Go to Full Review Megan Basham WORLD 10/10/2018
American Carol is [Zucker's] first attempt to merge his newfound worldview with his work. Unfortunately, he swings at so many progressive targets, the punches he does land aren't backed by enough force. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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T D Apr 9 Read every negative review, this is what makes this movie hilariously great. It's a funny, witty, comedy, great cast, and it was done very, very well. This movie exposes the biased views in Hollywood, and how the things you see in movies then, and especially movies now, are geared to making you hate people on the conservative side of the political spectrum, when they're just normal people like anyone else, not crazy people who want to restrict your freedom, just good, America loving people who simply don't share the same political beliefs. My favorite bit? The ACLU lawyers. Pure Comedy Gold. Only reason I did not give it 5 stars, is because the bit with Michael Moor- I mean, Michael Moone, getting smacked constantly got a little annoying. Other than that, every bit was hilarious. See more Jason C @Chabden Apr 3 Holy smokes this was funny! I never heard of it until I came across it on Amazon. I figured I'd give it a try seeing as it was satire and made by David Zucker. This movie is so politically incorrect, but very humorous. All the bad reviews are I'm sure non-right leaning political people that can't take humor that makes fun of their party. It's just comedy folks! See more Patrick K Apr 1 Watch this before it is banned. This movie is so politically incorrect. That is what makes it so hilarious. One of my favorite movies now. See more Perry F Mar 13 Well done original take on "A Christmas Carol". Set aside partisanship. Laugh at the funny (not all is slapstick). Kevin Farley rolls with the changing scenes and pacing. Jon Voight's George Washington is unforgettable. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Feb 6 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o filme traz uma sátira do documentário do Michael moore e outros coisas, so que o filme tem um pouco de piadas pesadas, a história não tem sentido, com coisas de várias épocas e ainda o cara se teletransporta para essas epocas e fala com os caras de cada época, o filme tenta ser engraçado mas não consegue. See more 12/05/2024 Very funny and good comedy See more Read all reviews
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David Zucker

Director

Kevin P. Farley

Michael Malone

Kelsey Grammer

Gen. George Patton

Trace Adkins

Grim Reaper

Robert Davi

Aziz

Jon Voight

George Washington

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Synopsis Documentary filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) makes movies about America's shortcomings and is now embarking on a campaign to abolish July 4th. However, he meets John F. Kennedy (Chriss Anglin) on the eve of the holiday, who tells Malone that he will soon be visited by three ghosts. The spirits of a country singer (Trace Adkins), Gen. George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer) and George Washington (Jon Voight) visit Malone and try to instill a sense of patriotism and love for his country.
Director
David Zucker
Producer
Stephen McEveety, John Shepherd, David W. Zucker
Screenwriter
Myrna Sokoloff, David Zucker
Distributor
Vivendi Entertainment
Production Co
MPower
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Drug Material|Rude and Irreverent Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 26, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.0M
Runtime
1h 24m
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