American Dreamer

American Dreamer. I went into this film not expecting much. Thought it might be a meh 5 or 6, hopefully a 7. How wrong I was. Oh My Absolute God. More holes in it than Swiss cheese. An utter embarrassment of a film. It was so painful I think I prefer tooth decay. I mean - why did he shoot his girlfriend just when she was about to tell him that the car driver had took their son (yes she'd been felandering but there were bigger issues at play)? In fact, why didn't she just tell him straight away in the car? Her BF was hardly a shivering wreck! And why did the driver go through with it after the kid died? How was he gonna collect the money? And why did he leave the phone on noisy in the motel room? And how could he even begin to think he'd get money for a corpse? One of the worst films I've seen in years. I can forgive poor acting for a low budget film. I can't forgive utterly absurd plot lines. 2 out of ten - and that's generous. Awful.

Very nice thriller/drama!Didn't expect much,but was pleasantly surprised !!! Edge of your seat suspense ,very well made thriller!Recommend it!!!

I'll try to render my opinion without any spoilers. First, the acting is top notch, especially the Latina mother of the kidnapped boy in question. She was completely believable as a streetwise habitue and I suspect she will have a long future in Hollywood. Everyone else was fine, so no complaints there. Why seven out of ten? Well, in the end, the "story" was a bit far-fetched: a down-on-his-luck cabbie resorts to kidnapping in order to make money for child support? I guess, in Hollywood terms, this is probably akin to Al Pacino holding up a bank to pay for his lover's sex-change operation in Dog Day Afternoon. What man will do when they're desperate! Is this a film worth seeing? Sure. You won't be disappointed.

Definetly kept my attention. Don't think I looked at my phone once. It got pretty intense there several times. One of the better gritty movies to recently come out. Only thing that bothered me was that the main character gets away with kidnapping and killing a little kid. Where was the justice there? Idk maybe I missed it. Felt that should of went another way.

I couldn't find anything to watch tonight, and I saw this film mentioned on a clip with Gaffigan on The Late Show from earlier in the year, and after reading a pretty glowing review by Richard Roeper on rogerebert I thought I'd give it 20 minutes, and look elsewhere if it wasn't engaging. But engaging is just the right word to describe it. It was gritty without being OTT, with solid performances, great dialogue and direction, though I have to admit the plot was a bit on the far-fetched side, but there are plenty of good action movies guilty of that. So glad I gave it a chance, and though I doubt I'll ever watch it again, I'll definitely remember it.

Jim Gaffigan proves there may be life beyond comedy but not beyond the confines of a bad script. His character is a loser, bound by bad decisions caused by mental illness or depression, or something? His motivation for carrying on is to be a father to his son, which is the only likeable characteristic about him. This undermines the credibility of his decisions in a hairbrained kidnapping scheme for a drug dealers baby. He seems rational enough to talk his way out of getting pulled over, but can't seem to understand the basics of child care and how it plays into collecting his ransom? All of this isn't well thought out by the writers or the character they hoped to create. Jim has range, which should help him in the future, but this movie isn't good.

Jim Gaffigan is spectacular and pulls your sympathy even though it's undeserved. Robbie Jones is a scary villain who does a tremendous job pulling you into the mess with an awesome performance not to be missed.

A very dark thriller that keeps you watching. I just finished watching "American Dreamer" via VOD. What a great movie. Jim Gaffigan was great at being such a dark character and Robbie Jones was menacing and intelligent in this. The whole movie takes one dark turn after another. The director did a great job at keeping the story moving non stop. If you love a good dark thriller of a movie, watch this ASAP. And if you want to see a slightly insane Jim Gaffigan, you need to watch this movie! I highly suggest it. I'm mad I didn't know about this movie before today? I seen it was finished in 2018 but just now being released late 2019??? People are really missing out on a great flick!

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Wow Jim is a great actor! Well done. Gut wrenching plot. I liked it.