Cast: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Sam Golzari and Willem Dafoe
Director: Paul Weitz
Studio Synopsis: On the morning of his re-election, the President (Dennis Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his black and white view of the world, holing up in his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief of Staff (Willem Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut (and the President's personal fave), the weekly talent show American Dreamz. America can't seem to get enough of American Dreamz, hosted by self-aggrandizing, self-loathing Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant), ever on the lookout for the next insta-celebrity. His latest crop of hopefuls includes Sally (Mandy Moore), a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend (Chris Klein), and Omer, a recent Southern Californian immigrant (who just happens to be a bumbling, show tune singing, would-be terrorist awaiting activation). When both Sally and Omer make it to the final round of DreamzÑwhere the President will be judging along with TweedÑthe stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.americandreamzmovie.com/
Trailer: http://www.americandreamzmovie.com/
Reviews:
City Link (3 out of 5 stars)
Hollywood.com (2 1/2 out of 4 stars)
The Miami Herald (1 1/2 out of 4 stars)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post (C-)
The Sun-Sentinel (2 out of 4 stars)
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