I'll give it to you with a straight answer: THIS MOVIE SUCKS!!! I saw the previews for this movie about three or four months before it came out, so even the funny jokes got tiring after seeing them 100 times. If there WERE any funny parts, they were shown in the preview, just like certain other box office flops that I can't think of right now.
Here's the basic storyline: Hugh Grant plays Martin Tweed, the popular host of "American Dreamz".(basically the same concept as American Idol and Fame) To raise ratings, he decides to put an Arab and a Jew on the show and do what he can to make the final round.
Another contestant is Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore), a trailer-trash bitch with a great voice. After being picked for the show, she dumps her boyfriend. Then her boyfriend joins the Army to prove a point to her (what that point is, I have no clue). He returns home wounded, she takes him back, but ONLY to win the hearts of the viewers.
Meanwhile, Martin Tweed has fallen madly in love with Sally Kendoo as she makes the final round against the Arab.
Here's another twist: The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) is to be a guest host for the season finale. The Arab dude has devised a plan to blow up the President and himself after they meet.
So, who wants to go out and see this now that you've heard some things about it? I sure don't. It's about 2 hours that I could've spent seeing "Thank You for Smoking" or "Inside Man". Instead, I had to sit through this god-awful, would-be-funny parody.
In short, whoever wrote this movie was more stoned than the guy who wrote From Justin to Kelly.
Here's the basic storyline: Hugh Grant plays Martin Tweed, the popular host of "American Dreamz".(basically the same concept as American Idol and Fame) To raise ratings, he decides to put an Arab and a Jew on the show and do what he can to make the final round.
Another contestant is Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore), a trailer-trash bitch with a great voice. After being picked for the show, she dumps her boyfriend. Then her boyfriend joins the Army to prove a point to her (what that point is, I have no clue). He returns home wounded, she takes him back, but ONLY to win the hearts of the viewers.
Meanwhile, Martin Tweed has fallen madly in love with Sally Kendoo as she makes the final round against the Arab.
Here's another twist: The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) is to be a guest host for the season finale. The Arab dude has devised a plan to blow up the President and himself after they meet.
So, who wants to go out and see this now that you've heard some things about it? I sure don't. It's about 2 hours that I could've spent seeing "Thank You for Smoking" or "Inside Man". Instead, I had to sit through this god-awful, would-be-funny parody.
In short, whoever wrote this movie was more stoned than the guy who wrote From Justin to Kelly.