An American Carol

2008 Comedy

Ebenezer Scrooge gets the parody treatment from veteran writer/director David Zucker (Airplane!, Scary Movie 4) with this comedy starring Kevin Farley as a derisive documentarian (à la Michael Moore) who's visited by three ghosts intent on instilling the American spirit in the disillusioned filmmaker. Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielsen, James Woods, and Dennis Hopper co-star in the Vivendi Entertainment production.

Director: David Zucker

Starring: Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins,Dennis Hopper

 32 Reviews

Reviews

  • A loony attack on wacko liberalism and a ding-dong defense of wacko conservatism.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    29 November 2012

  • Ultimately, the problem with An American Carol is the problem with far too much political discourse in this country, left or right: It highlights the worst excesses of the opposition for the sole purpose of discrediting the vast middle.

    Ty Burr - The Boston Globe

    29 November 2012

  • It's a gag-strewn, hit-and-miss affair that's not without its chuckles.

    - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • Cheap shots and mean spirits abound, as do celebrity cameos (James Woods, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer). But it's the laziness of the writing that most offends.

    Nathan Lee - The New York Times

    29 November 2012

  • The sole laughs are scored by Robert Davi, amusingly playing it straight as a Muslim terrorist who wants to hire Malone to make a suicide bomber recruitment film.

    Frank Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter

    29 November 2012

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