Review of American Movie (1999) by David K — 27 Aug 2008
This is a truly superb piece of documentary filmmaking. Extremely inspiring and entertaining, "American Movie" is a great representation of that "American dream" that we all strive so hard to achieve.
But this film works because of its characters, who are, to say the least, some of the most interesting people ever put on screen. They're funny yet serious, delusional but optimistic, passionate with no sense of direction.
If anything, "American Movie" is a brilliant character study. But, like I said, it's also extremely entertaining on the surface. This film is a masterpiece because of its depth although I love it because of it's characters.
Excellent film.
This review of American Movie (1999) was written by David K on 27 Aug 2008.
American Movie has generally received very positive reviews.
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