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Metascore®20 out of 100 | Generally unfavorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Gary Goldstein

    It's a gag-strewn, hit-and-miss affair that's not without its chuckles. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A loony attack on wacko liberalism and a ding-dong defense of wacko conservatism. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    The sole laughs are scored by Robert Davi, amusingly playing it straight as a Muslim terrorist who wants to hire Malone to make a suicide bomber recruitment film. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Nathan Lee

    Cheap shots and mean spirits abound, as do celebrity cameos (James Woods, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer). But it's the laziness of the writing that most offends. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Conservatives score a few political points but aren't very funny in An American Carol, a cheesy spitball directed at the very large target of a Michael Moore-like filmmaker. Read full review

  • 0
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Sam Adams

    Great satire never fits neatly within an ideological box. Attention, the ghosts of H.L. Mencken, Stanley Kubrick, and Jonathan Swift: David Zucker could use a visit. Read full review

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