American Chaos

R

Released Sep 14, 2018

1h 30m

Documentary

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38 Reviews

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Six months before the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker James D. Stern travels across the country to ask potential voters about their feelings for candidate Donald Trump.

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Critics Consensus

American Chaos offers an engaging look at the seemingly growing political divide in the United States, albeit one limited by timing and an occasionally disorganized approach.

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fascinating view. what was the most compelling is the authors desire to understand and ask questions (attempting) to exclude his own bias. I need to learn that.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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I was very conflicted about this movie. I appreciate that the filmmaker was willing to listen to opposing views to his own, but felt he had a standpoint that even after listening to valid arguments he must've not been listening at all. It felt to me he was a one issue (climate change) voter and the fact that his brother tackled the issue for the Obama administration skewed his views.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Like a trip to the dentist. Painful (to watch) but necessary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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If Republicans haven’t gotten enough whining from those idiot liberal demorats this movie is for you; if you are sick of listening to those sore-loser morons crying because they don’t know how to lose gracefully when their plan to take even more government sponsored control failed then don’t bother. The saddest thing about all of it is that the demorats don’t even realize they are the true disgrace to this country.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/18

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You may get an impression that it is not as much about Trupm's voters, but about the director himself.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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I don't understand the admiration for Obama who was at best a Moderate Republican. The Dems had Super-Majorities in both chambers plus the Presidency, yet the best we could get was a right-wing healthcare plan with no public option...Hope and Change my ass.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/18/18

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James D. Stern

Director

James D. Stern

Self

Julio Martinez

Self

John Ladd

Self

Eleanor Nett

Executive Producer

James D. Stern

Producer

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Simon Houpt

Globe and Mail

Would you like to be punched in the face for 90 minutes? Then do I have the film for you!

Rated: 2/4

Oct 12, 2018

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

[Stern's] goal with the film is not to argue or to condescend but to listen.

Sep 22, 2018

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Scott Marks

San Diego Reader

Who was Stern's target audience? Surely Democrats don't want to spend 90 minutes relitigating the election any more than Republicans yearn to squander so much as a cent of their entertainment dollar watching liberals whine.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 15, 2018

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

American Chaos in its current context is more of a curiosity or footnote than anything actionable, which is a shame because I believe that an emotional appeal has a great deal of value in moving people and changing their minds.

Jun 23, 2020

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

American Chaos is a sample of the alienated, mostly white voter base that helped put us in our present peril.

Jun 1, 2020

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Victor Stiff

In The Seats

... 2018's news cycle blazes ahead at such a breakneck pace that Sterns doc would be behind the times if it dropped a year ago.

Rated: 3/5

May 7, 2019

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Synopsis

Six months before the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker James D. Stern travels across the country to ask potential voters about their feelings for candidate Donald Trump.

Director: James D. Stern
Producer: Eleanor Nett
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual References)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.6K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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