American Dreamer

Comedy

Available on VOD: 29 augustus 2024

Director: Paul Dektor

Cast: Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Station Agent), Shirley MacLaine (Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment), Matt Dillon (There's Something About Mary, The House That Jack Built), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon)

Disgruntled university professor Phil (Peter Dinklage) dreams of living in his own house and writing his novel, but finds the economics of that unreachable . . . until a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes his way. A lonely widow (Shirley Maclaine) offers up her sprawling estate for pennies and he’ll inherit the whole thing as soon as she passes! However when he moves in, Phil quickly learns that she hasother plans for him . . 

• Hollywoodreporter.com: Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine make an appealing odd couple, they're a joy to watch. But it also has many hilarious moments thanks to Melfi's witty screenplay featuring a plethora of very funny one-liners especially delivered to perfection by the two stars.
• RogerEbert.com: Immensely entertaining.  Director Paul Dektor's empathy and heart dwell in the right place for a story ultimately asking the questions of what one needs to be happy, how far we are willing to go to achieve it, and what role does loneliness play in these life-altering decisions?
• Observer.com: Fresh, original, unpredictable and unexpectedly funny.
• ScreenRant.com: Does a tremendous job of exploring one man's American dream, the lengths he must go to achieve it, and what is waiting for him once he reaches that goal.
• Deadline.com: Consistently and wryly funny, powered by Dinklage who shows no vanity in making Phil quite a human disaster as nothing seems to be going right.
• Rogersmovienation.com: There’s just too much fun here to miss. Dinklage wears this role as easily as any he’s taken, and he clicks with Dillon, Glover, Quinn, Pudi and especially MacLaine.
• Theepochtimes.com: An ideal balance of droll, bone-dry, quirky absurdness, some spare pratfall and slapstick, and surprising amounts of authentically touching drama.