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America: The Motion Picture is definitely outrageous and possibly patriotic -- problem is, it's also not very funny. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Rated: C • Jul 1, 2021. TOP CRITIC....
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Jun 30, 2021 · Just as “Archer” uses an espionage structure to skewer societal norms and macho stupidity, “America: The Motion Picture” turns American history that everyone knows into a ridiculous action blockbuster with Thompson and writer Dave Callaham taking aim at the superficial constructs of faux patriotism and even the failed potential of this ...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Jun 30, 2021 3:50 pm
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 7:01 am
America: The Motion Picture premieres Wednesday, June 30 on Netflix.
From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The LEGO Movie) and Archer's Adam Reed comes a raunchy and riotous retelling of the Revolutionary War that feels like Drunk History had a one night stand with The Naked Gun and then gave birth to a history report by Bill and Ted if they never had a time machine. This animated adventure, from first-time feature director Matt Thompson (also Archer), can, at times, exhaust with its over-the-top antics and unabashed insanity, but overall it's a worthwhile watch featuring a fun voice cast and awesomely nutty anachronisms.
To its hilarious benefit, America: The Motion Picture is presented without context. There's no bookend letting us know that this is a dumb person's account of the founding of our nation or even, like, Princess Bride-style interludes showing a grandfather reading uproariously wrong information off the internet to his grandkid. We just get the story as-is. Out of the gate, it's just a bonkers chronicle of 1776 that features a werewolf Benedict Arnold blowing up most of the founding fathers and then killing Abe Lincoln in front of Abe's BFF George Washington. Just about every aspect of American political history, including quotes from presidents 200 years later, is jammed into a blender and minced up into a deranged action movie.
America: The Motion picture also takes no prisoners, topic-wise. It both embraces the innate earnestness and innocent idiocy of American jingoism while also never letting our heroes off the hook for being racist and misogynistic. Even as some of our heroes learn valuable lessons -- usually because they're educated by Geronimo, Edison, or Killer Mike's Blacksmith (aka "Black Smith") -- the film never presents the country as anything other than a noble experiment on the precipice of implosion. Even if, going by action movies, America is the rogue cop who doesn't play by the rules the story is hyper-aware that there's something deeply wrong with that type of heroics.
Skewering everything from Star Wars to Fast and Furious to even Harry and the Hendersons, the film is great at lassoing different blips from pop culture in a way where the larger story still makes sense, in its own goofy way. Sure, Big Ben turns into a giant mech and people openly use machine guns and holograms but it's all in service of calling out, and laughing at, the U.S.'s societal and cultural issues and ills. This movie and 2004's Team America: World Police would make for an excellent double feature on any given Independence Day.
America: The Motion Picture is like Drunk History if the history were not only drunk but also on nitrous. Channing Tatum once again proves he's a comedy force to be reckoned with, backed by a stellar cast of capable and cunning joke spitters. The unrelenting pace of the gags means there's never a lull, but some of the comedy gets squeezed out as a ...
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Jun 30, 2021 · ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Review: In Bros We Trust. The American Revolution gets a frat-style sendup in this irreverent animated comedy. Share full article. George Washington (voiced...
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Jul 1, 2021 · Matt Thompson. ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Review: Netflix Toon Gives U.S. History a Twist of ‘Archer’-Style Irreverence. Reviewed online, Lake Arrowhead, Ca., June 25, 2021. Running...
Jun 30, 2021 · Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews. 38. User Score Mixed or Average Based on 25 User Ratings. 5.1. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Netflix (Subscription required) View All. Channing Tatum. George Washington. Jason Mantzoukas. Samuel Adams. Olivia Munn. Thomas Edison. Bobby Moynihan.
9/10. Extreme lowbrow fun. sholto-79379 2 July 2021. We got some class-A whack-a-doodle nonsense right here, and it's awesome! If you like your humour scatological, absurd, and VERY offensive then you will love it. If not, this film is just going to annoy you. It is not subtle or sophisticated.
