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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192886423
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 41913
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Hugh Grant Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore star in this hilarious comedy about living the American Dream. The TV show 'American Dreamz' is sweeping the ratings and everyone wants to be a 'Dreamer'. But when two scheming hopeful contestants face-off in the final showdown the audience gets an eyeful of on-air fireworks. The stage is set for the wickedly funny no-holds-barred competition that is being called 'a riot!' (US Weekly)System Requirements:Running Time: 108 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 025192886423 Manufacturer No: 61028864
Amazon.com:
Thinly disguised versions of American Idol and the Bush presidency collide in the satire American Dreamz. Bored and self-loathing, Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant, About a Boy) wants to give his hugely popular reality show American Dreamz an extra boost by courting political controversy--but suspects he may find personal redemption in the form of scheming contestant Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore, Saved!), who manipulates her boyfriend (Chris Klein, Election) to give herself a vote-winning backstory. Meanwhile, equally desperate to court popularity, the President's chief of staff (Willem Dafoe, Spider-Man, looking suspiciously Dick-Cheney-esque) gets Tweed to let the President (Dennis Quaid, The Rookie) be a guest judge on the show. But unbeknownst to all, a privately conflicted terrorist (Sam Golzari) has been selected as a contestant, and his sleeper cell wants him to blow up the President in the final competition. This complicated storyline doesn't quite have the bite it's reaching for; the political edge is particularly blunted--even diehard Republicans are unlikely to be offended. But sharp and funny lines are sprinkled throughout and the cast is uniformly excellent; the relationship between Grant and Moore is oddly touching, and Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) makes an amazing First Lady--is this satire, or what we all wish Laura Bush was really like? An uneven movie, but with some delicious tidbits. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Racist, Pretentious and Immoral
This film pretends to be a spoof about the current obsession with superficial fame as expressed through 'singing' 'talent' shows. Whoever wrote this film is not clever enough to pull this off.
The main characters in the film are :
1) An 'camp' Arab guy and his 'friend'. His colleagues want him to blow up the US president when they meet on the singing show (he is the finalist).
2) A blue eyed blond haired 'American girl' (the other finalist)
3) Her boyfriend (who ... Read More
Rating:  - How did I miss this at the cinema?
"American Dreamz" is a black-comedy/satire about an unwilling Middle Eastern terrorist who is called on to murder the U.S. President when he becomes a contestant on "American Dreamz", and "American Idol"-esque talent show.
When "American Dreamz" was on at the cinema, I thought it was just another stupid comedy making fun of reality-television, much like Ben Elton's "Chart Throb" (which I found to be disappointing, might I add). It was only when I found a cheap DVD copy of this film that ... Read More
Rating:  - American Dreamz is an American Doze
This is barely a spiffy spoof on American culture and politics that might be all too close to a current TV show called "American Idol." Hugh Grant is a producer of the wildly successful "American Dreamz." He is professionally engaging and personally shallow, self-centered, and sleazy.
On the other side of the globe is an uncoordinated, two-left-footed terrorist in training whose mother was killed by an American bomb. Unfortunately, he loves American show tunes, and is caught by the silhouette ... Read More
Rating: - Better for Sketch Comedy
This movie potential to be good, but falls short in execution. This isn't to say it is a particularly bad movie, it just has some serious problems with it.
The performances range from good to painful. Grant is really the highlight of the film, and the one truly enjoyable part to watch. He gets most the good jokes, and really gets to live up the character. Moore is fine, if a little plain to watch. I have only really seen her own a character once, so this comes as no big surprise. The real ... Read More
Rating:  - A biting parody of Americal culture
A hilarious send-up of politics, reality TV, pop-culture marketing, and the image of America, this movie is not to be missed.
The movie opens, oddly enough, on a Taliban training camp. Robed terrorists are going through their paces as another man films their activities. However, in each scene, there is ONE terrorist who is messing up the shot - falling over the wall instead of jumping over it, dropping awkwardly from the climbing pole, misfiring his weapon. We discover that this person is Olmer ... Read More
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