Review of God Bless America (2012) by Jon-James H — 24 Aug 2012

Never has a movie said exactly what I thought was wrong with America. The movie was near perfect. It does take an occasional potshot at conservatives but its main targets are reality television and how it rewards bad behavior, our general cruelty and inability to connect with each other, and our ineffectual parenting. Frank is an angry and resentful man who goes on a killing spree with his teenage accomplice Roxy. Their targets are the people who annoy them, and for that matter me. Who hasn't been annoyed by the guy sitting behind you at a movie theater who just wouldn't shut up? Or someone who took the last two spots in the parking lot when he could have just taken one? Or the religious leader spreading hate and fear? This will not be to everyone taste and will polarize those who can't see beyond their own politics but this is a good and funny movie.

I'm not exactly sure there is a message or anything...maybe to actually to be nice to each other because one day there might actually be a Frank at your door....but probably not...Maybe the message is that this country is doomed....God Bless America!