Premiere
"...A sure balance between affection and absurdity..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 07/01/2000 p.100Film Comment
"...Engaging..." 11/01/1999 p.78-9 Entertainment Weekly
Rating: B 05/26/2000 p.54 Total Film
"...Some of the most gut-bustingly hilarious scenes to splurge onto the screen since SOUTH PARK..." 08/01/2000 p.79 Entertainment Weekly
Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "BEST VIDEOS OF 2000" 12/22/2000 pp.120-3 New York Times
"...The rare documentary that combines a wildly charismatic subject with an elegant structure..." 11/05/1999 p.E20 Box Office
"...Hilarious....Full of warmth and love....A riveting narrative of humor and heart..." -- 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/1999 p.221 Chicago Sun-Times
"...AMERICAN MOVIE is a very funny, sometimes very sad documentary..." 01/21/2000 p.28 Uncut
"Unmissable." 08/01/2000 p.117 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
...American Movie never fails to fascinate. Not only does it offer a worthwhile portrait of an individual who embodies aspirations and desires that we can all identify with, but it shows him doing something about them. American Movie may seem to be about filmmaking (and, to a degree, it is), but it's actually much more about the man behind the camera, and all that he represents.
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