84
Metascore
29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannThat's why American Movie cuts so deep: It's about the American dream, about not giving up, about being true to yourself.
- 90L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisThis unassuming, insistently entertaining documentary has the virtue of a great subject.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonOf all the many documentaries that take you along on a movie shoot, one of my all-time favorites is this delightfully scrappy, sometimes poignant, often hilarious show.
- 80Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorOften coming across as simultaneously out of control and self-possessed, Borchardt can't have been an easy target, but the filmmakers seem to have nailed him.
- 80Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloTouching, frequently hilarious.
- 70Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinAlthough I don't begrudge Borchardt his year of fame, what he doesn't seem to understand about his exploitation creeps me out.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickFrequently hilarious, if overlong.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIt's never entirely clear whether Borchardt is also an object of ridicule for documentarian Chris Smith.