Just saw "An American Carol"--hilarious!

http://www.americancarolers.com ^ | 10/03/08 | raccoonradio

[raccoonradio]

Just saw the first showing of An American Carol; was expecting it to be pretty funny. Actually it was laugh out loud hilarious! And a good positive message, too! I urge you to see it.

As you could tell from the ads, Kevin Farley plays a Michael Moore-like director, Michael Malone. He is recruited by some terrorists to make a training film. He is haunted by ghosts such as JFK, Gen. Patton (Kelsey Grammer), the Angel of Death (Trace Adkins), and George Washington (Jon Voight). Washington shows him the church he used to pray at when New York City was the nation's capitol. Across the street...Ground Zero.

JFK shows him how we should "pay any price, bear any burden" for freedom. Patton shows him war is sometimes necessary--if we hadn't fought the Civil War, we might still have slavery!

The film shows us "the Real America" and the price we have to pay for freedom. There are tons of sight gags and physical humor (think Three Stooges, or the "Airplane" films director David Zucker gave us). The film spoofs A Christmas Carol and shows the folly of Malone trying to ban July 4th. Can he learn the error of his ways?

Anyone who enjoys "Airplane"-like humor will surely like it. (And stop calling me Shirley.) I wonder if libs will attend (after all, that evil Bill O'Reilly is in this...one scene shows Malone and comic "Rosie O'Connell" appearing on O'Reilly's show--and "O'Connell" unleashes a hilarious bit about Christian terrorists. Yes, we wouldn't have to go through airport security if those priests hadn't hijacked those planes!

See it!

[Shadowfax]

I am thinking about bringing some of my kids this weekend to see it, but I am very careful about what they are exposed to in movies and TV. Can you tell me why the movie carries a PG-13? Was there any swearing? How about sex/nudity? (I assume that there is no violence to speak of. If there is and it happens to the Michael Moore character, that would be ok.)

[raccoonradio]

Oh, and there’s the protest rally where Malone can’t stop the protesters from chanting insipid slogans! Chanting insipid
slogans! Chanting...or the Col. Univ speech where Malone is
to speak, only he’s upstaged by professors who reveal why they spread their lefty politics to their students: so they can relive their glory days of “1968”! (Think “Hair”...)

[TexasBeth]

I was going to ask the very same thing. Love to take my daughter with me.

[kimmie7]

My guys are camping with the scouts this weekend...and I’m going to see this! Thanks for the review!

[roses of sharon]

BUMP!

GO SEE THIS MOVIE, HOLLYWOOD REVIEWERS ON RT DID NOT EVEN RATE IT ON THEIR SITE....THEY ARE TRYING TO SQUASH US.

[albie]

What makes this movie PG-13? Is it just cussing? Or is it sex stuff? I’ve got an 11 and 14 year old daughters I’d like to take. I don’t trust the rating systwm.

[Califelephant]

Thanks for the review. My wife and I are planning to see it this Sunday. Freepers, if you want to see more conservative-themed movies coming out of Hollywood, buy a ticket for An American Carol, and hopefully it will be a big success.

[toomuchcoffee]

Going in about an hour and twenty minutes. I’ll buy ten tickets, if there’s any left :-)

[mewzilla]

Thanks! I really, really need a good giggle :)

[rep-always]

Going with the whole family on Saturday. Thanks for the review.

[skimask]

Rush was talking about this movie in the first hour of his show today. He urged people to go see it because a lot of people have their necks stuck out on this movie. Should it flop, some conservative people in Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera might have trouble working in the future.

[IM2MAD]

Needs to get on Pay Per View. In the boonies, we won’t get it in our theaters til 2010.

[raccoonradio]

here:
—the S-word and the A-hole word do pop up (the latter
by a kid, actually)
—one scene has two terrorists—who are afraid of getting blown up themselves—in a men’s room stall and the noises they make are mistaken for 2 gay men having sex. (”You have to pull it, here...”)

other than that fairly clean —cleaner than most movies—
and it’s worth it for the message. Take your kids and, well,
“parental guidance is suggested”.

[netmilsmom]

Go to Movietickets.com and buy the tickets whether you can go or not.

Support this movie.

[kidd]

This site shows the first 10 minutes of the movie:
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/an-american-carol/34808/trailer?trailerId=2260907

Wait for the very end of the ten minutes. The language is a little rough but is a riot anyway.

[raccoonradio]

hopefully you will get it—I think it was supposed to be in 2,000 theatres or so. I saw it in Blue Country, Danvers MA
(though I will admit here on the North Shore of Boston I do
see some McCain/Palin stickers, lawn signs..._you never know)

[raccoonradio]

...they’re trying to defuse a bomb...

[MrsEmmaPeel]

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[JennysCool]

Hey, I’m in Elko, Nevada, and it’s on the marquee this morning.