Floated2

There is a reason as to why this film wasn't a success and is certainly forgotten. Directed by beloved director David Zucker, An American Carol was meant to be a clear form of back to roots in terms of parody control, quality and success. However this film was far from funny and very much forced. The concept isn't anything great and will only appease to those fans of the director or parody films, but in the end it's incredibly unfunny.

The lead Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) is clearly parodying Michael Moore, from the name to the overall appearance. There are several notable names in this film and they seem to be trying but everything just falls short. Even with a short runtime, this film feels long.

This film certainly seems to poke fun at Hollywood in a way which somewhat parodies the acts of Hollywood people in directors, writers, producers and talent agency members. The concept isn't entirely bad but the overall story simply isn't interesting of note. The character of Robert De Niro comes across as one would expect as he does a solid job for us trying to follow his story with different subplots.

The central plot of his character having to get Bruce Willis to shave his beard for a specific role was rather over the top. The other partial central plot dealing with changes to one of his films was better. Either weren't great and were nothing special. For a film titled "What just happened". We do ask that a lot throughout the film and it's apparent. It all comes down to it, as why should we care about any of this.

The concept sounded somewhat different, the central plot seemed completely ridiculous and far fetched yet we get along with it and remained watching. The problem are the characters simply aren't likeable enough to root for. It features two sets of couples with the central couple focus being more so on the pairing of Donna and Stanny (whom are the lesser likeable ones) while the other yet more far fetched couple are Christi Ann and Joe. The plot delves into tv rom-com territory where things become repetitive, typical and ultimately boring. At a certain point, interest was rather lost and the ending was ultimately predictable. This film was incredibly irritating with the constant bickering, constant over the top cursing (which was very excessive).