An American Carol

PG-13

Released Oct 3, 2008

1h 24m

Comedy

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12%

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49 Reviews

48%

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10,000+ Ratings

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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Critics Consensus

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

The mean spirit of Zucker's satire hardly jibes with the liberal spirits of the original tale.

Nov 29, 2018

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

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.

Rated: 0.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

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.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 13, 2008

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It fails. Miserably.

Rated: 0/4.0

Sep 2, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

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.

Nov 6, 2019

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Megan Basham

WORLD

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.

Oct 10, 2018

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daniel g

This movie was totally ahead of it's time. It was trying to warn us, now we're living it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/24

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Joseph C

While the comedy can fall flat at times. I actually really love the scene with George Washington giving a speech on freedom

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/09/23

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christopher walter f

Very funny movie for the time it was made. A lot of the critics are upset over the premise going up against their world view but I hate to tell these critics, but comedy goes against the norm. Kevin Farley's portrayal of a Michael Moore type character was spot on. Trace Atkins was an unexpected surprise. It is not the most memorable movie but at the same time anyone who doesn't have the mentality of an easily offended 4 year old girl will have a good time watching and laughing throughout this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Funny - that’s all that matters

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/22

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Steve C

Loved seeing Hollywood's closeted conservatives find their voice. We'll done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/20/21

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Audience Member

Exactly what I was hoping for and expecting from this crew. Slapstick comedy with a rightwing lean to it. If you lean left and can't laugh at yourself now and then, avoid this like the plague. If you lean right, it's a rather entertaining and enjoyable movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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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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