04 Jan

American Dreamz

Lissa Coffey

Lissa Coffey

Lissa Coffey

Grade: B+

It’s a comedy, it’s a satire, it’s a political commentary.  American Dreamz is a little all over the place, but that’s what makes it so doggone refreshing!  Lots of inside jokes for fans of American Idol.  Plenty of material skewering our current president.  A funny take on the state of cultural relations in this country, and also on the trend towards instant celebrity.  There are a lot of parallels which are brought out in amusing ways.  It’s really very clever.  Mandy Moore is the star wanna-be, Hugh Grant plays the Simon Cowell type, Dennis Quaid is the commander in chief, and Marsha Gay Harden wears a convincing Laura Bush do to portray the first lady.  Willem Dafoe is almost unrecognizable with his Cheneyesque head as the president’s chief of staff.  A nice comic turn for each of these actors.
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