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- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A down on his luck rideshare driver who makes extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer’s child.
Directed By: Derrick Borte
Written By: Daniel Forte, Derrick Borte
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 32 m
American Dreamer
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Summary A down on his luck rideshare driver who makes extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer’s child.
Directed By: Derrick Borte
Written By: Daniel Forte, Derrick Borte
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Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
40
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Directed with claustrophobic, docudrama-style intensity by Derrick Borte (who also co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Forte) and featuring a career-best dramatic performance by Gaffigan, American Dreamer is a dark and intense and sometimes brutally violent slice of rotted life.
Throughout, Gaffigan is great, eschewing sentimentality as he taps into his frustration and rage — with no jokes in sight.
American Dreamer is riveting to sit through, but too pitiless to embrace.
Despite earning his bread and butter with genial comedy noted for its family-friendly language and humor, Jim Gaffigan performs laudably in this decidedly dark role.
Not even a month after the John Travolta travesty “The Fanatic” seemed to have secured the title of Worst Film of 2019, up comes this movie to overtake it. By several lengths.
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