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God Bless America

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Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo (Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr) team up to whack reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.
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A darkly comic polemic on modern culture, God Bless America is uneven and somewhat this but the ideas behind this revenge fulfillment journey has primal appeal.

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David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) Nov 15, 2012
3.5/5
If you can take that premise, I think you'll go along with the film and it's really, in its very weird way, quite funny. Go to Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Nov 15, 2012
1.5/5
Gory, unfunny satire that deserves a prize for the most strained provocation of the year. Go to Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Aug 3, 2012
4/5
Murray and Barr make for winning platonic chemistry even when Frank suspects himself of impure thoughts. Goldthwait holds his nerve as the film shifts from ennui to malevolent gleefulness. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 17, 2022
3.5/4
God Bless America cries out for a change in a funny, shocking, unflinching manner and probes the depths of what it means to be a black comedy. Go to Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020
For many of us, this garbage is getting old, and with God Bless America, Goldthwait has allowed us a cathartic outpouring of violence that offers a brief stopgap for our current sensory oppression. Go to Full Review Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Mar 31, 2020
What fundamentally didn't work for me was that all of the wit, humorous rants, and social commentary felt like they were aimed squarely at pop culture. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Henry W @HenryWarwick Apr 19, 2026 This film is prophetic. Everything it deals with has only amplified since its release, and with the idiot likes of Trump and MAGA and FOX and ICE and the rest of it gooning over the world, I fear that the premise of killing these distasteful greedy morons (as misguided as it is) is the most likely outcome, because the problems the film pointed at have only gotten worse. See more Par H @Parhwy Apr 11, 2026 God Bless America (2012) is a 105-minute-long USA dark comedy I saw on Prime in April 2026. Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwaite. There is a message here and more than once one of the characters lectures us on what that message is: modern American junk culture is bad. It takes 25 minutes to get through the litany of bad things happening to our main guy until he snaps to justify his snapping; the litany is a clichéd list. The world in which this film lives exists without police implications; it is a comedy after all. This is not a funny Falling Down. Watching this in 2026, you could be fooled into thinking it’s prescient about what 2011 saw as a coming apocalypse… Our fooling is that 2011 was not that much better than 2026 in terms of divisiveness, garbage and stupidity. Rewatch? No. Recommend? Maybe? Ehhhrrrr. 4/10. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Mar 18, 2026 I wasn't expecting it to be this violent. What made it especially disturbing was that the violence wasn't stylized which made it seen really realistic. Really relevant to our times but could become dated as time goes on. It is a perfect example of a black comedy. Black comedies are for adults. CSM was right to rate it 18+. See more Les N @Vegas628 Feb 10, 2026 How did I miss this gem? Very prophetic considering the world we live in now. See more Clinton R @CWRoss48 Jan 21, 2026 Among the worst attempts at cinema. Boring throughout. See more Mark H @RT99794489 Jan 20, 2026 My first thought while watching this: what moron wrote this? See more Read all reviews
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Bobcat Goldthwait

Director

Joel Murray

Frank

Tara Lynne Barr

Roxy

Melinda Page Hamilton

Alison

Mackenzie Brooke Smith

Ava

Rich McDonald

Brad

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God Bless America

Joel Murray as Frank in "God Bless America." Tara Lynne Barr as Roxy and Joel Murray as Frank in "God Bless America." Tara Lynne Barr as Roxy in "God Bless America." Joel Murray as Frank and Tara Lynne Barr as Roxy in "God Bless America." God Bless America (2011) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo (Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr) team up to whack reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.
Director
Bobcat Goldthwait
Producer
Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta
Screenwriter
Bobcat Goldthwait
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Darko Entertainment, Jerkschool Productions
Rating
R (Some Sexual Sequences|Language|Strong Violence)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 11, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$122.0K
Runtime
1h 47m
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