Release Date
April 21, 2006
DVD Release Date
October 17, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Paul Weitz
Writer
Paul Weitz
Cast
Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Sam Golzari and Willem Dafoe
Studio
Running Time
115 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexual references
Filmmaker Paul Weitz-whose comic explorations have ventured into the synergistic halls of corporate culture ("In Good Company"), the perils of psychological isolationism ("About a Boy") and the vicissitudes of losing one's virginity ("American Pie")-now delivers a comedy yanked from right-now popular culture...where the nation's shrinking attention span is more focused on "what's hot" than on hot-button headlines: American Dreams.
On the morning of his re-election, the President (Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Mandy Moore is hot. I mean scorching hot. Not only does she have a decent taste
in roles (Saved!, "Entourage"), but she is gorgeous, especially
when she plays a devious, slutty and manipulative singer trying to win a national
tournament a la "American Idol". Throw in a terrorist, an idiot President
and a sleazy television host and you've got a great package... Unfortunately
director Paul Weitz never gets everything to click.
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