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Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of American culture
. Divorced, recently fired, and possibly terminally ill, Frank truly has nothing left to live for. But instead of taking his own life, he buys a gun and decides to take out his frustration on the cruelest, stupidest, most intolerant people he can imagine -- starting with some particularly odious reality television stars. Frank finds an unusual accomplice in a high-school student named Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement. Together they embark on a nationwide assault on our country's most irritating celebrities. -- (C) Magnet ReleasingGod Bless America takes caustic aim at American vapidity, stupidity, and love of lowest-common-denominator values. That denunciation is communicated via a killing spree by a divorced office schlub who, fired from his job for flirting (dubbed "harassment") and unable to convince his spoiled-brat daughter to spend a weekend with him, lashes out by gunning down an entitled teen cretin from a My Super Sweet 16-style program. This murder leads Frank (Joel Murray) to teenage Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who shares his disgust for America's increasingly debased mores, and, after convincing Frank not to commit suicide, becomes the Bonnie to his Clyde.
Theirs is a rampage of righteous cultural correction, designed to punish the truly worst elements of mainstream media and entertainment and, in doing so, to throw into stark relief the importance of civility, compassion, and adult discourseall points which writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait addresses through one Frank rant and Frank-Roxy blabberfest after another. There's no doubt about where Frank and Roxy stand on the issues of right-wing talk show hosts, TV singing contests, movie theater cell phone use, or people who give or receive physical high-fives, because Goldthwait addresses these points overtly, and with such a lack of nuance that his characters seem like mere stick-figure mouthpieces for his opinions.
What makes God Bless America so frustrating isn't its specific critiques, which are generally spot-on, but the fact that, by wholeheartedly taking Frank's side instead of complicating or censuring his homicidal vigilante crusade, it proves inanely one-note and preachy. That, in turn, neuters its condemnation, since Frank and Roxy come off as intensely arrogant holier-than-thou moral arbiters who often behave in the very manner they disapprove of, be it Frank's latent attraction to Roxy (despite his refusal to participate in the further sexual "objectification" of children by American men) or Roxy slamming Diablo Cody and then immediately spouting Cody-ish lines like "So our prime directive is to interfere with the cultural evolution of a pre-warped civilization."
Goldthwait's direction is more fleet and snappy than in his prior World's Greatest Dad, and his recreations of various small-screen targets (American Idol, TMZ, etc.) are assured. Those targets, however, are easy, and thus while Frank's abhorrence of themin particular, an Idol-ish show's mockery-cum-veneration of a no-talent "freak"is more than justified, it also plays as dreary and pedantic. By slamming tabloid-y degradation while dimly celebrating extreme responses to it, God Bless America simply revels in kill-'em-all play fantasy free of any essential irony.In fact, this film enacts a lot of the things it claims to despise. Roxy rips on Juno for being an overwritten, silly caricature rather than a character; the same criticism is true of Roxy. Frank rips on Woody Allen for not being able to help wanting to fuck Stacey Nelkin and/or Soon-Yi Previn; Frank himself cant help wanting to fuck Roxy. Frank and Roxy detest a lot of privileged white people; they dream of getting away from it all by moving to France to live on a cozy little farm together. The list goes on. These could have been constructive, provoking contradictions; instead, they read rather like tone-deaf hypocrisies.
The other glaring instance of tone-deafness is the fact that the films main antagonist and cultural target is American Idol. That shit was played out like, what, five years ago? If youre going to make a morality play, at least make an incisive one. Frank and Roxy really dont inspire belief in anything, which is a big problem for a film that takes aim at ruthless cynicism and mean-spirited vanity. (Maybe because they arent good or even nice people themselves.) Americas a goddamn mess, but God Bless America doesnt make it any more tolerable.In an interview, Bobcat (seriously?) Goldthwait says of the film, It was a Christmas present to my wife, so the catalyst was me being a cheap husband. [] It kind of was like a love letter to her, because Roxy and Franks conversations are the same ones we have at home. And I always say that the key to a good relationship isnt liking the same things, its hating the same things, because that will make a very smooth road. I kind of hope the dudes wife hates this movie and files for divorce.
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This is an angry movie. When I write angry, I mean angry. At times, it comes across as a rant against celebrity-obsessed pop culture, reality TV, uncivilized interpersonal interaction, and the sense of entitlement that permeates modern society. Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait has an ax to grind and, once he's done grinding it, he uses it to split some skulls. God Bless America is many things - audacious, bitingly satirical, unafraid of venturing into uncomfortable territory - but it is never subtle. It's also too long by about 15 minutes. The movie has a tendency to repeat itself unnecessarily. And the ending is not as ironic as it could (and should) be.
God Bless America's best moments come during the first half-hour, as Goldthwait scathingly lampoons TV trends while Frank (Joel Murray, who exudes a nice "everyman" quality), an insomniac, sits in front of his set all night long, his mind deadened by infomercials, reality TV, and a dead-on satire of American Idol. Frank fantasizes about slaughtering the self-absorbed family next door but never gets up the gumption to do so; he's too nice a guy. The next day at work, he's informed he is being laid off. He has run afoul of the company's zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy (he sent flowers to a fellow employee to cheer her up after finding out her home address by accessing her personnel file). That night, while Frank is watching more reality TV, something snaps. He takes his gun, steals his neighbor's car and goes on a road trip. His goal: locate one of the most loathsome reality TV stars and kill her. Along the way, he is joined by an unlikely partner: 16-year old Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr, looking like the "(school)girl next door"), who is as disdainful of pop culture as Frank. Together, they become spree killers, taking out men and women around the country who "deserve it."
There are times when God Bless America crosses the line from satire into wish-fulfillment. Consider the scene in a movie theater. Frank and Roxy are seated respectfully, watching the film, when a group of inconsiderate boors comes in. Not only do they enter after the movie has started, but they immediately begin talking and one whips out her cell phone to make a call. They exhibit behavior that, sadly, is more typical of multiplex crowds than exaggerated for comedic effect. Frank and Roxy address the problem in a fashion that most serious movie-goers have fantasized about. It's a great scene, and one that will win over many older (and a few younger) viewers.Not everything in God Bless America works. The satire is so broad and nasty that attempts to build Frank and Roxy into real characters is doomed to failure. Goldthwait sets Frank's moral compass by making him uncomfortable about renting motel rooms with a 16-year old girl. She is open to the possibility of a sexual liaison - perhaps even hoping for it - but he is adamant that their relationship should be platonic. He is not a pedophile. When she asks him if he thinks she's pretty, he won't answer. He is killing bad people and he doesn't want to become one of those he's eliminating. Still, despite Goldthwait's best attempts to humanize Frank and Roxy, they never become more than pawns in his script and mouthpieces for his philosophy.
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