God Bless America (VOD)
| release date | April 6 2012 |
| studio | Magnet Releasing |
| director | Bobcat Goldthwait |
| writer | Bobcat Goldthwait |
| starring | Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Guerrin Gardner |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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“Taking out the trash, one jerk at a time”. God Bless America is a great achievement in dark comedy. It’s bloody, funny, and oddly heartwarming. The writing is fantastic, there is even talk of killing Diablo Cody just because she is terrible. In the end it’s a great look at the ridiculous things that consume American audiences, and the Hero determined to put an end to it. “Thank you for not talking and shutting your cell phone off during the feature”
God Bless America is a balls to the wall, witty, brutally honest, satirical/comedy. The film hits all the right funny notes and speaks to the audience. The film has a bold statement it wants to address, on how society now is not what it used to be and is quite dead on in its portrayal, which is sad, but so true. A bloody good, twisted time!
The dead pan, witty, charming and bold performances were great. Joel Murray, who plays Frank, was easy to sympathize with. His character is a divorce, father of one, who learns that he has a terminal tumor in his brain. He spoke for every hard working, decent human being out there in the world. Our every frustration about society right now lives through his character, as if he was reading our minds. Joel Murray made it believable. Tara Lynne Barr, who plays Roxy, a lonely, too smart for her own good, young girl. Roxy is just as fed up with America, as Frank is if not more. Tara was charming, witty and clever, quite the bad ass in her role. A character you can also sympathize with. They were a riot together and they are like our generation’s Bonnie and Clyde, Smokey and The Bandit, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Thelma and Louise, you get the point.
It might be hard to swallow the lead characters actions. They go on a ridiculous, politically incorrect, but wickedly entertaining killing spree, on anyone that is cruel, no compassion, careless ECT. While they make jabs on our culture, which they get more things right than wrong. It makes you laugh throughout because of those jabs, because they are so right. The film does get over the top with the violence, but so gleefully so in a revenge/fantasy like fashion. It’s kind of like Inglourious Basterds meets Office Space.
Overall, this is one the most entertaining satire I’ve ever seen! It’s funny, dark, brutally honest, unapologetic, timely and memorable. It’s ballsy depiction, on what American society is like now is hysterically accurate. The film goes to the extremes to take on that frustration, in a revenge/fantasy, which was twisted, but brilliant. The two main actors were great, making this film effective and one of the best comedies of the year. If you can swallow it, because it’s not for everyone who is easily offended. Think of it as a Borat type of film. Highly recommended! 4.5 skulls out of 5!
I felt this movie was trying really hard to be like a John Waters movie with none of the sparkling dialogue and none of the true underground fringe aesthetic. The viewpoints were rather obvious ones and ones that I would have chuckled at 12 years ago. Now it all feels stale. Not the worst movie but not successful at all. Also very faux campy acting.
Bobcat impresses me with each film he releases. God Bless America should be shown as a PSA, Great Film.
I have a new hero to look up to. Great message, disjointed film. Just one of those bumpy screenplays, but who cares, what am I some bitchy critic? Try not to laugh at that American Superstarz act that just keeps popping up throughout the whole movie. Tara Lynn Barr is awesome. There should be more young actresses like her. I first discovered her in a short from back in 2006 – think it was called Roadkill. Definite future talent. Me likie.