2006 · comedy · drama · music
American Dreamz
Directed by Paul Weitz1h 47m2006
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
Our read: American Dreamz (2006) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive comedy · drama · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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- cold
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