2008 · comedy · fantasy · supernatural
An American Carol
Directed by David Zucker1h 22m2008
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.
Our read: An American Carol (2008) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · fantasy · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / fantasy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- warm
- kinetic
- gentle
- funny
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