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An ambitious blend of comedy, thriller, and social commentary, The Fall of the American Empire lightens its heavy message with refreshing intelligence and wit.
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If it feels like everyone's a tool in a script instead of an engaging person, that's because that's the case. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
If it feels like everyone's a tool in a script instead of an engaging person, that's because that's the case.
Matt Cipolla
I love the way [director Denys] Arcand blends different genres. This is satire, a romance and also a thriller. October 1, 2019 | Full Review…
I love the way [director Denys] Arcand blends different genres. This is satire, a romance and also a thriller.
Lael Loewenstein
...a thoughtful, good-hearted film full of unexpected turns, that has something in particular to say and it says it in a gentler, subtler way than most social satires might. August 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
...a thoughtful, good-hearted film full of unexpected turns, that has something in particular to say and it says it in a gentler, subtler way than most social satires might.
Cate Marquis
Arcand ends up overextending the crime-movie motif by trying to fashion a sedate tale about morality, which is an interesting premise, but this flatly acted heap of malaise doesn't do the idea justice. July 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Arcand ends up overextending the crime-movie motif by trying to fashion a sedate tale about morality, which is an interesting premise, but this flatly acted heap of malaise doesn't do the idea justice.
Corbin Smith
Sure you've seen a lot of this before, but Arcand and the cast manage to give it a fresh and interesting spin. July 15, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Sure you've seen a lot of this before, but Arcand and the cast manage to give it a fresh and interesting spin.
Micheal Compton
There are bigger incongruities around the corner... that bury the film's credibility. July 13, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
There are bigger incongruities around the corner... that bury the film's credibility.
Adam Graham
Liked everything abut this movie from its crafty actors to its crazy plot. Maripier Morin and Alexandre Landry are stars of tomorrow. July 11, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Liked everything abut this movie from its crafty actors to its crazy plot. Maripier Morin and Alexandre Landry are stars of tomorrow.
Jackie K. Cooper
The Fall of the American Empire sets up, however halfheartedly, a classic premise about sex, greed and crime. Unfortunately, the film never gets us to care about the characters, who seem to only talk in plot points and themes. July 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The Fall of the American Empire sets up, however halfheartedly, a classic premise about sex, greed and crime. Unfortunately, the film never gets us to care about the characters, who seem to only talk in plot points and themes.
Daniel Barnes
Arcand's message is as blatant as his heist plot is subtle, and perhaps that's the point. July 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Arcand's message is as blatant as his heist plot is subtle, and perhaps that's the point.
Sean P. Means
There are some sweet moments in the film, and a couple of extremely violent ones, quite frankly, not enough to earn the film's R rating. But overall, the movie is just a question mark. July 8, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
There are some sweet moments in the film, and a couple of extremely violent ones, quite frankly, not enough to earn the film's R rating. But overall, the movie is just a question mark.
Chuck Yarborough
"The Fall of the American Empire" does only one thing well: fall apart. Gracelessly. Stupidly. And without a shred of self-awareness. July 8, 2019 | Full Review…
"The Fall of the American Empire" does only one thing well: fall apart. Gracelessly. Stupidly. And without a shred of self-awareness.
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Long-winded, ineptly-plotted satire of broken Western Civilization and the capitalism that killed it. July 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Long-winded, ineptly-plotted satire of broken Western Civilization and the capitalism that killed it.
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