the movie covers familiar ground, but it does so effectively. It paints Jim Gaffigan in a new light, too, and will hopefully lead to even more dramatic work for the comic. He’s very good. He’s a bear doing a card trick
in nearly every aspect, "American Dreamer" is a stunner. The acting, especially the interplay between Gaffigan and Jones, is beautifully nuanced and imbued with a verisimilitude seldom found in an indie film
even Jim Gaffigan's creditable turn as a troubled rideshare driver can't save this disaster of a crime film; "American Dreamer" turns over several repellent plot points before settling on a cheap ironic ending
a tightly wound, mostly believable mix of genre riffs and real-world nightmares; Derrick Borte embraces the story's dark implications, and the results, however discomforting, are dramatically satisfying
by Patrick Bromley [Daily Dead ]
by Mark Dujsik [Mark Reviews ]
