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Revision as of 02:44, October 10, 2008
An American Carol is a movie by director David Zucker released on October 3, 2008. It is a rare comedy made in Hollywood by conservatives, for conservatives. It is a gag-filled lampoon of liberals about a cynical, Anti-American “Hollywood” documentary filmmaker leading a slapstick campaign to abolish the Fourth of July. It stars Kevin Farley, brother of the late Chris Farley, as a scruffy Michael Moore parody named Michael Malone. "An American Carol" mixes the narrative of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Fox News fodder.[1] Many highly recognized Hollywood actors star in the film including Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Jon Voight, Robert Davi, and Leslie Nielsen with Cameo appearances by Bill O'Reilly, James Woods and Paris Hilton.
Besides spoofing Michael Moore, 'An American Carol' roasts jihadists, Rosie O'Donnell, college professors, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, President Jimmy Carter, chanting protesters and the ACLU. Zucker co-wrote the film with Myrna Sokoloff and Lewis Friedman. Zucker directed the previous hit comedies 'Airplane!', 'The Naked Gun' and 'Scary Movie 3 & 4'.
Zucker’s sense of humor
In a scene which shows anti-war protesters chant, “Peace now. We don't care how!” as they carry signs that read:
- End Violence — War Is Not the Answer!
- End Disease — Medicine Is Not the Answer!
- It's Too Dark Outside — The Sun Is Not the Answer!
- Overpopulation — Gay Marriage Is the Answer!
Box Office performance
An American Carol made $3.8 million in its opening weekend, beating Bill Maher's movie Religulous which was released about the same time, which in contrast only made $3.5 million.
Movie Reviews
The movie currently has a 14% approval rating on rottentomatoes.com, meaning that only 14% of reviewers gave the movie a positive review. Critics give the movie an average rating of 3.3 out of 10.[2] Audiences, however, have a 75% approval rating, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10.[3]
Liberal Conspiracy
After a poor opening weekend, Americancarol.com claimed that there was widespread ticket fraud due to a liberal ticket takers and theater management conspiracy to make the movie seem like a flop. [4]
References
- ↑ American Carol' Lampoons the Left NewsMax, October 3, 2008
- ↑ T-meter critics, Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ RT Community, Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Theaters Defrauding Ticket Sales From 'An American Carol' Film? Newsbusters.org, October 7, 2008