American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings
- Summary: American Cannibal is a documentary as wild as the story behind it: a shocking, hilarious, bona fide portrait of our celebrity-driven culture and the appalling lengths we'll go to for entertainment. (Lifesize Entertainment)
- Director: Michael Nigro
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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83You'll suspect, and even hope, that what's on screen is a hoax, but it seems to be at the very least one version of the truth.
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75Whatever the project's "reality," it's insightful as well as entertaining, and the inclusion of real interviews with people both inside and outside the business means it functions as both an intelligent critique and a dire warning.
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40The documentary illustrates the premise that if you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Until everything collapses, and the filmmakers are left grasping at straws, it's absorbing in a sick way.
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38What's here is a glimpse not into how far people will go to win a reality TV show, but how far greedy writers and producers will go to degrade, debouch and enrich themselves.
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ChrisC>10LOL... Awesome! I hope everybody got what they deserve.
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MoeS.9Saw this in N.Y. If you understand it, it's hilarious.
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DaveDave9Too many people didn't get this film. It's brilliant and meta on so many levels.
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