Thursday, August 2, 2012

God Bless America - 2011 - 3½ Stars

Actors: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr
Director:  Bobcat Goldthwait

Bobcat Goldthwait has carved out a little niche for himself making small, dark comedies, and God Bless America certainly continues that tradition.  Attacking the inanity of mass culture, God Bless America could be viewed as a revenge fantasy, but I take it more as one man's journey to express himself.  It's not that reality television, shock jocks, and celebrity culture are eo ipso bad - it's that they stifle thought in favor of regurgitation.

I don't know about the characterization in this film, and it's often far too 'tell-not-show', but there should be more movies like this.

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