Say Anything Blog

Tonight during the closing of the Defending the American Dream summit former Senator Rick Santorum, who is apparently working with the folks who made “An American Carol,” spoke to the about-to-depart crowd about the movie.  He showed a quick preview and urged attendees to see it, especially if they want to see more conservative-orientated movies in the future.

I’ll admit that I wouldn’t mind seeing more movies aimed at conservatives (or even just more movies that aren’t overtly insulting to conservatives/Republicans in numerous subtle ways and that don’t necessarily consist of plots that subscribe entirely to liberal orthodoxy), but I saw “An American Carol” with my family this last week and it wasn’t very good.

I laughed a few times (the ACLU-lawyers-as-zombies thing was pretty good), but the story was muddled, the jokes and gags usually fell flat, the plot was stupid, and the overall theme of the movie ("mock the liberals") was handled so ham-handedly that I often found myself cringing.

My uncle, who is a conservative in the same mold as I am, was the one who suggested we see it.  He was very excited, having heard a lot about the movie from various conservative voices in the media, but even he exited the movie disappointed.

I’m glad the movie is made, and I’m glad there’s a movement afoot to make Hollywood less ideologically homogenous, but “An American Carol” was a botched first effort.