An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman
January 01, 1970
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman is a Canadian satirical film, directed by Ken Finkleman and released in 2016.[1] Based on Candide, the film stars Jake Croker as William Bowman, a young man who tries his hand at various aspects of American life in the hopes of achieving the mythical American Dream.[2]
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman
The cast includes Diana Bentley, Shiloh Blondel, Jan Caruana, Precious Chong, Noah Davis, Laura de Carteret, Julian De Zotti, Lesley Faulkner, Eddie Guillaume, Jenessa Grant, David Huband, Karen Ivany, Dylan Kamm, Charlie Kerr, Jameson Kraemer, Ron Lea, James McDougall, Derek McGrath, Adrian Nguyen, Joe Pingue, William Poulin, John Ralston, Jessica Rose, Bea Santos, Elias Scoufaras, Teagan Vincze, Jason Weinberg, Lorna Wright and Kate Ziegler in supporting roles.
Norman Wilner of Now panned the film, writing that "It's smug and insufferable calculated jokes aimed at obvious targets, with one lazy idea piled on top of the last. This is the sort of movie that thinks scoring a gunfight with wacky banjo music will be hailed as original, or even daring." He concluded that "Finkleman's always been self-congratulatory, but with this one set up as the delirious fantasy of a heartland naif (Jake Croker) after he's laid out during a high school football game he's patting himself on the back so hard I'm surprised he didn't break both arms."[4]
Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail opined that "thanks to dead-in-the-water gags (the big, bad Wall Street firm is named World Domination Finance) and juvenile delivery, An American Dream makes a great case for why Canadians should be barred from even gently poking fun at our neighbour to the south."[2]
Referencesedit
^Sarah Berman, "News Spin Is Fucking Out of Control and This Headline Probably Isn’t Helping". Vice, November 27, 2016.
^ abBarry Hertz, "Review: An American Dream botches its attempt at humour". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2017.
^Regan Reid, "Whistler Film Festival unveils 2016 lineup". Playback, November 1, 2016.
^Norman Wilner, "An American Dream is smug and insufferable". Now, April 27, 2017.
External linksedit
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman at IMDb
January 01, 1970
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