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The film [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] listed the film as receiving a 9% approval rating, based on a count of 22 reviews, and receiving an 89% audience approval rating, based on a count of 7,223 users.<ref>{{cite web|title=America|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_a_world_without_her/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=Fixster, Inc.|quote=Passionate but poorly constructed, America preaches to the choir.}}</ref> On the review aggregator [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 14 out of 100, based on 11 critics (indicating "overwhelming dislike") along with a user score of 6.4 (indicating "generally favorable reviews").<ref>{{cite web|title=America|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|website=[[Metacritic.com]]|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> Movie-goer polls conducted by the market research firm [[CinemaScore]] showed an average grade from people who viewed the movie as A+ on an A+ to F scale.<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm</ref> According to Dave Urbanski of ''[[TheBlaze]]'', this A+ rating was an "incredibly rare grade" from viewers.<ref>From 1982 to 2011 only 52 movies received an A+ score from CinemaScore. The majority of films surveyed by CinemaScore receive A- to B- ratings. See: [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/07/05/heres-the-list-of-legendary-films-dinesh-dsouzas-america-now-sits-next-to-because-of-the-incredibly-rare-grade-viewers-gave-it/ "Here's the List of Legendary Films Dinseh D'Souza's America Now Sits Next to Because of the Incredibly Rare Grade Viewers Gave It"]. ''The Blaze''</ref><ref>For a listing of the 52 films that have received A+ ratings, see [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-cinemascore-matters-box-office-225563 "Why CinemaScore Matters for Box Office"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''</ref>
The film [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] listed the film as receiving a 9% approval rating, based on a count of 22 reviews, and receiving an 89% audience approval rating, based on a count of 7,223 users.<ref>{{cite web|title=America|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_a_world_without_her/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=Fixster, Inc.|quote=Passionate but poorly constructed, America preaches to the choir.}}</ref> On the review aggregator [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 14 out of 100, based on 11 critics (indicating "overwhelming dislike") along with a user score of 6.4 (indicating "generally favorable reviews").<ref>{{cite web|title=America|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|website=[[Metacritic.com]]|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> Movie-goer polls conducted by the market research firm [[CinemaScore]] showed an average grade from people who viewed the movie as A+ on an A+ to F scale.<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm</ref>

A reviewer at [[RogerEbert.com]] gave the film one star, writing "[The film] looks terrible, it plods along with all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation, the occasional dramatic recreations are exceptionally cheesy and the interview footage is so needlessly over-edited that you get the feeling that something may have gotten changed around in the cutting room."<ref>Peter Sobczynski (July 2, 2014). [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/america-2014 Review: America], Ebert Digital, LLC</ref>
A reviewer at [[RogerEbert.com]] gave the film one star, writing "[The film] looks terrible, it plods along with all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation, the occasional dramatic recreations are exceptionally cheesy and the interview footage is so needlessly over-edited that you get the feeling that something may have gotten changed around in the cutting room."<ref>Peter Sobczynski (July 2, 2014). [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/america-2014 Review: America], Ebert Digital, LLC</ref>


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America: Imagine the World Without Her
Directed byDinesh D'Souza
John Sullivan
Written byDinesh D'Souza
Produced byDinesh D'Souza
Gerald R. Molen
StarringDinesh D'Souza
Music byBryan E. Miller
Distributed byLionsgate Films
Release date
  • June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27)[1]
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$11,421,052[1]

America is a 2014 documentary film based on a book by Dinesh D'Souza exploring his concept of what the world might look like without America and critically examining some of the frequent rhetorical complaints about the country.[2] D'Souza executive produced and co-directed with John Sullivan. Gerald R. Molen also produced.[3]

Cast

Release and box office

The film was put in wide release on July 2. It finished #11 in the weekend box office for July 4 through 6 grossing $2,743,753[4] for a total gross of $5,352,705 after its opening weekend in wide release.[5] The film did not perform as well as D'Souza's earlier film 2016: Obama's America,[6] but by its second weekend of wide release it had become the seventh highest grossing political documentary of all time.[7] Its box office receipts declined by 12.8% in its second wide release weekend from its opening weekend, while the number of screens the movie was shown on was unchanged at 1,105. It dropped one place to #12 in the box office and increased its total gross to $8,211,791.[8] In its third weekend in wide release it retained its #12 ranking, with the number of screens dropping to 1,030 and a 29.9% drop in box office receipts. Its total gross increased to $11,421,052.[9]

Reception

The film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes listed the film as receiving a 9% approval rating, based on a count of 22 reviews, and receiving an 89% audience approval rating, based on a count of 7,223 users.[10] On the review aggregator Metacritic, the film has a score of 14 out of 100, based on 11 critics (indicating "overwhelming dislike") along with a user score of 6.4 (indicating "generally favorable reviews").[11] Movie-goer polls conducted by the market research firm CinemaScore showed an average grade from people who viewed the movie as A+ on an A+ to F scale.[12] A reviewer at RogerEbert.com gave the film one star, writing "[The film] looks terrible, it plods along with all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation, the occasional dramatic recreations are exceptionally cheesy and the interview footage is so needlessly over-edited that you get the feeling that something may have gotten changed around in the cutting room."[13]

A journalist at Reuters wrote "...America the movie exemplifies everything that's wrong about the American political conversation these days, rich with examples from both left and right."[14] Gerald R. Molen was quoted as responding: "I'm used to having my movies critiqued, but to have a reporter actually tell people not to attend a movie is a first. This is the movie world's version of voter suppression efforts in politics...."[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "America (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  2. ^ D'Souza, Dinesh (2014). America.
  3. ^ "America: Imagine the World Without Her". Americathemovie.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=27&p=.htm
  5. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm
  6. ^ Dinesh D'Souza's Doc America Can't Match Box Office Lightning Of His 2016 Obama's America The Wrap.com
  7. ^ "Documentary - Political". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  8. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=28&p=.htm
  9. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=29&p=.htm
  10. ^ "America". Rotten Tomatoes. Fixster, Inc. Passionate but poorly constructed, America preaches to the choir.
  11. ^ "America". Metacritic.com. CBS Interactive.
  12. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm
  13. ^ Peter Sobczynski (July 2, 2014). Review: America, Ebert Digital, LLC
  14. ^ Jim Gaines (July 2, 2014). "To celebrate the Fourth of July, don't see this movie". Reuters.com.
  15. ^ Christian Toto (July 3, 2014). "Reuters Blogger: Boycott D'Souza's 'America'". Breitbart.com.

External links

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