America: Imagine a World Without Her

Name: America: Imagine a World Without Her
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 2, 2014
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 15

2014

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Lionsgate | Release Date: July 2, 2014 | PG-13

Summary: Someone once observed: "America is great because she is good; if she ever ceases to be good she will cease to be great." Today that notion of the essential goodness of America is under attack, replaced by another story in which theft and plunder are seen as the defining features of American history—from the theft of Native American andSomeone once observed: "America is great because she is good; if she ever ceases to be good she will cease to be great." Today that notion of the essential goodness of America is under attack, replaced by another story in which theft and plunder are seen as the defining features of American history—from the theft of Native American and Mexican lands and the exploitation of African labor to a contemporary foreign policy said to be based on stealing oil and a capitalist system that robs people of their "fair share". Our founding fathers warned us that, although the freedoms they gave us were hard fought, they could very easily be lost. America stands at a crossroads, and the way we understand our past will determine our future. America the movie takes 21st-century Americans into the future by first visiting our past.… Expand

Director: Dinesh D'Souza and John Sullivan

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Martin Tsai

Jul 3, 2014

It's far more invested in elaborate historical reenactments, hypothetical dramatizations and special effects than interviews, research and data. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Jul 5, 2014

What he’s doing, it turns out, is lowering the viewer’s standards of proof for a vigorous return to “2016″ territory, a hatchet job on Obama and Obamacare that tries to tie everything to a 1960s “radical” organizer who might have influenced the president. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Jul 2, 2014

America is less successful as a debate, since it isn’t one. D’Souza controls the conversation, and thus goes unchallenged when he tries to make real-world points with make-believe scenarios. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Jun 30, 2014

For the most part, however, D’Souza gives the impression of someone obsessed with whitewashing any and all dark chapters in U.S. history books. There are times when his defenses and rationalizations come across as almost laughably facile. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Jul 2, 2014

America is like the cinematic equivalent of one of those forwarded e-mails of mostly discredited "facts" that you receive from an uncle and at least those sometimes include family photos or a meat loaf recipe that can be of some value. Read full review

James Rocchi

Jun 30, 2014

It would be one thing if D'Souza had an idea, or any idea, he could stick to as a through-line in his project. But America isn't a documentary; it's more like the badly-filmed version of a badly-written, meandering op-ed piece from a paper that lacks fact-checking or proofreading. Read full review

David Ehrlich

Jul 5, 2014

Graced with a hilariously definitive title, America is astonishingly facile, a film comprised entirely of straw man arguments. Read full review

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Kas

Jul 9, 2014

lol why listen to a bunch of "professionals" who quite literally watch movies for a living when there's a whole internet comment section full of trustworthy anonymous conservatives, many of whom were sheltered from that dreaded pop culture during their childhoods, here to educate you on thelol why listen to a bunch of "professionals" who quite literally watch movies for a living when there's a whole internet comment section full of trustworthy anonymous conservatives, many of whom were sheltered from that dreaded pop culture during their childhoods, here to educate you on the finer points of filmmaking and screenwriting and all the other artsy-fartsy things that are actually mostly made by liberals now that I think about it? Can't you sheeple see that each of these "professionals" from disparate parts of the country writing for competing publications are nonetheless part of a great liberal conspiracy to keep the masses ignorant by teaching them how to critically assess the unquestionable truths I just happen to believe in?

Don't listen to any of those biased liberals; they're literally banking on this movie, and the country from which its title derives, to fail! I mean, did THEY spend their hard-earned money Obama hasn't taken from me yet but you know he wants to for the ticket to see this movie? No, they probably just attended an advanced screening for free! Did THEY pay for the book this movie is based on that I haven't quite finished yet, or for the ticket to see the previous movie which was just as good as this one mainly because it was pretty much the future version of it, or for the book that movie was based on which I actually haven't opened but I've already seen the movie and who likes reading anyway? No!! Were THEY hired to defend its filmmaker against charges of campaign fraud in front of a federal grand jury? No!!! They've got nothing invested in this movie, so why would they say anything good about it? How can you trust them to be as unbiased as I am?!

If you consider yourself a true-blooded American in the legacy of the European colonialists depicted in this film - vaguely God-fearing men who, with their own two hands, beat the black men and women who built this beautiful nation up from the ashes of the indigenous societies they annihilated, you should be required by law to watch this film. Liberty or Death! God Bless Amercia!… Expand

16 of 36 users found this helpful1620

blobetsky

Jul 11, 2014

Oh goodie! All the extreme left, America-hating,Obama-worshiping, tingle-up-my-leg, historically illiterate, East Coast elitist, limousine liberal, Mercedes Marxist d-bags gave this movie their screaming, eye-rolling, breath-holding, bed-wetting anathemas! That explains why I and most of theOh goodie! All the extreme left, America-hating,Obama-worshiping, tingle-up-my-leg, historically illiterate, East Coast elitist, limousine liberal, Mercedes Marxist d-bags gave this movie their screaming, eye-rolling, breath-holding, bed-wetting anathemas! That explains why I and most of the other people who actually saw the movie applauded at the end. You must not miss this movie!… Expand

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endthefed

Jul 24, 2014

on't listed to the Obama drones in here this is a fun to watch and meaningful movie that heavily challenges the commy worldview of the fascists on the left. Hilarious how Obamas IRS attacked Dinesh and any dissent is met with violent attacks. So much for listening to the will of theon't listed to the Obama drones in here this is a fun to watch and meaningful movie that heavily challenges the commy worldview of the fascists on the left. Hilarious how Obamas IRS attacked Dinesh and any dissent is met with violent attacks. So much for listening to the will of the majority in the USA. Democrats are communists and are a minority in this country. Democrats cause the very crony problems they claim to fight and want to silence all opposition. Lowering government spending makes the poor move to the middle class. Communism has never worked. See the movie its awesome!… Expand

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LizRocha

Jul 8, 2014

My Husband and I took 22 friends and family members to see this movie on the 4th of July. The collective quality of this movie was indeed a surprise and I’m so glad we saw it. This movie will elicit humor, emotion, pride and history within the historical context. This is one of those moviesMy Husband and I took 22 friends and family members to see this movie on the 4th of July. The collective quality of this movie was indeed a surprise and I’m so glad we saw it. This movie will elicit humor, emotion, pride and history within the historical context. This is one of those movies that won’t hit you fully until the next day. My Husband purchased the book and told me how great it was. I will be reading the book this week and want to see the movie again this weekend. As being from a large Hispanic family where our family Patriarch and Matriarch immigrated lawfully settling the family in Kansas City in the 50’s, I would recommend this movie my fellow Hispanic citizens and to all Americans including children 9 years or older. A breath of fresh air from the movie industry and the producers of this film took extraordinary steps to make this not a movie but an event. Thank you so much……… Expand

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David_H

Jul 7, 2014

It is very well produced and enjoyable as long as you walk in knowing it is in a documentary format. It is both brave and tragic; brave of D’Souza to shine a light on so much truth that is now considered politically incorrect, yet tragic that so few news or educational sources report onIt is very well produced and enjoyable as long as you walk in knowing it is in a documentary format. It is both brave and tragic; brave of D’Souza to shine a light on so much truth that is now considered politically incorrect, yet tragic that so few news or educational sources report on these truths. Also whether or not it was intentional, Metacritic has done us all a great favor in segregating critics from the rest of us. Especially for a politically charged film like this, the Metacritic format exposes mainstream media so-called “critics” for what their true liberal bias shows they are.
Finally, I’d recommend portions of D’ Souza’s content be used to fact-check all of our children’s history text books.… Expand

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MargateExpert

Jul 6, 2014

The wide disparity between professional and public ratings of 'America' suggests that newspaper critics have goose-stepped sharply to the left in order to keep their jobs with their increasingly left-tilting employers. Bottom line, you'll hate 'America' if you're one of the bozos who thinkThe wide disparity between professional and public ratings of 'America' suggests that newspaper critics have goose-stepped sharply to the left in order to keep their jobs with their increasingly left-tilting employers. Bottom line, you'll hate 'America' if you're one of the bozos who think Obama is doing a great job. However, if you side with most Americans, who in a recent poll said they regarded Obama as the worst president of the last century (a charitable assessment, by the way, since Obama is easily the worst presdient U.S. history), then you'll hate this film. Putting aside their churish and untoward comments, some of which are flat-out wrong, the film is not great, but it's not bad either. If it fails to persuade, it is only because the pro-Obama arguments it poses are too numerous and well-drawn to rebut in a two-hour film.… Expand

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Areopagus

Aug 13, 2014

Astonishingly stupid._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________That is all.

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