Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Released May 13, 2016

1h 24m

Comedy

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83%

6 Reviews

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78%

500+ Ratings

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When a man moves to America to pursue his dream, he becomes involved in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

In the style of Borat, director Jonathan Kesselman and cowriters Jobrani and Amir Ohebsion use raunchy, puerile humor to jab at American prejudices toward the Middle East.

Sep 22, 2016

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Christopher Kompanek

Washington Post

Teetering precariously between satire and base humor, "Jimmy Vestvood" squanders opportunities for both.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 12, 2016

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Maz Jobrani's clowning is a salve for our troubling times.

Apr 18, 2016

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Sherilyn Connelly

SF Weekly

Sheila Vand steals Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as the vivacious Leila. After the smoldering, dark-eyed performance as the chador-wearing vampire in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, it turns out a girl also has fantastic comedic chops.

Jun 23, 2016

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Bold, raunchy and biting, Jimmy Vestvood is one of the most outrageously funny comedies in years.

Rated: 8.95/10

May 19, 2016

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Charles Ealy

Austin American-Statesman

The satire is well-balanced and, more often than not, the jokes go over like gangbusters. With its humorous cultural lens, this movie should be a career-changing moment for Jobrani.

Apr 18, 2016

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Too stupid to get thru honestly 1.3

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Mojgan

I loved the movie. It shows the reality of Iranians and how they really feel about the west. I really enjoyed this movie and watched it already more than 3 times. This kind of work brings the nations together. The normal people who watch movie to spend time and need to realise Iranian's ate not what they show in media.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/22

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Audience Member

Just watched it on itunes, hilarious, Maz was amazing, highly recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Its good movie to watch

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Silly satire with a few good gags & lots of naughty bathroom humor with lots of takedowns & outs of Fox News & the rest of fake news & alt right media & all their prejudices.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Frances H

Not really that funny--with a very lame plot and script. And I like Maz Jobrani.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/17

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Jonathan Kesselman

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Maz Jobrani

Jimmy Vestvood

John Heard

JP Monroe

Deanna Russo

Marcy Monroe

Marshall Manesh

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Synopsis

When a man moves to America to pursue his dream, he becomes involved in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Producer: Norman Aladjem, Jesse Bromberg, Emad Tawfilis
Screenwriter: Maz Jobrani, Amir Ohebsion
Distributor: Oky Doky
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $201.6K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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