American Me
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Movie Reviews of American Me
Movie Review: Cultural diversity
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a very graphic portrayal of a Mexican teen who grows up in the detention/prison system. He learns the ways of the inside, but is lost once on the outside. This was an assignment for a class in cultural diversity and was definatley eye opening as to the Mexican culture in prision.Movie Review: Marginal At Best
Summary: 2 Stars
Maybe I just don't understand. Good movie, but not one that I will watch twice. History was good. Again, good for the history lesson but not a re-watcher.Movie Review: Queer Eye for the Prison Guy
Summary: 1 Stars
American Me: 3/10: In all fairness I have to admit I was expecting more of a gang picture (albeit a serious one) with Mexican overtones rather than a straightforward prison drama.
American Me is a straightforward prison drama.
Nobody in this film emotes; and pass the K-Y jelly because there is more guy on guy action in this movie than in the men's room at a Sex in the City wrap party. Add in the bathroom/drug smuggling scenes and you may be squirming in your seat for more reasons than a slow pace.
In addition, many older actors can play characters in their twenties. Even those that have obvious hairline issues (see the later Porky's movies) seem to pull it off. Edward James Olmos is one man who should never even try. He looks like he was born fifty. He also plays the lead with the charisma of a sullen rock.
In addition to the miscasting and sodomy, American Me suffers from serious script issues. It simply takes at face value the characters contention that they are king of the world. They are not. It is one thing for the characters themselves to be misguided (as they are most certainly are) but the movie itself seems not to realize what big losers these guys are. Sure, they are king of the cellblock. Hurrah, that is like being voted carnie of the month.
A good first 45 minutes or so quickly melts into under acted pathos (Nobody emotes in this movie, cause they are all tough guys see.) and misguided plot twists (the whole taking on the mob bit was horribly done). The movie just keeps getting worse and worse.
Oh and Olmos's character writes poetry; bad rhyming poetry. Yup poetry and anal sex, American Me is one makeover away from its own Bravo series.
Movie Review: Just another movie trashing the image of mexican-americans.
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this movie years ago only because my girlfriend at the time forced me to sit down and watch it along with her parents. All I could say is that I pray I never have to sit through this wannabee classic again. At a time in our lives when mexican-americans are struggling to earn respect in this great nation,Edward James Olmos decides to come out with a movie that lets moviegoers of all races and colors see what mexican americans are supposedly like in everyday life. Let's see now....prison sex,babies drinking beer,teenage drive-by shooters,early-aged heroin users,brown on black killings,and so on!!!! Mr Olmos claimed he was only sending a message when making this film. Sadly,he just never said it wouldn't be positive. Let us not forget that several consultants to the film were murdered during its opening weeks by individuals who may have been offended by this movie. Mr Olmos himself was the target of threats as well. ADIOS AMIGOS!!!Movie Review: Try Lock Down
Summary: 1 Stars
American Me in review:
Lousy, predictable story. There are two MAYBE three characters in this movie that have some depth but most are generic sterotypes, but since the script has such transparent and worthless dialogue it's almost not even the actors fault (almost). I am not a particular fan of this type of movie but if you watch "Lock Down" you'll see what a movie in this genre SHOULD BE.
After all I've heard about American Me I thought it would be good, it wasn't even decent... and the extras are laughable.