Synopsis
A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.
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Cast
- Beau Martin WilliamsJason Kelley
- Matt FunkeDevin Weiss
- Trai ByersTheo Jones
- Sam McMurrayKerry Stein
- Jon GriesBilly
- Tim GriffinTodd Elliott
- Valentina IvancencoIvana
- Lisa JayDeena
- Marlana CarterStacey
- Alyshia OchseTaylor
Recommendations
- 50
Movie Nation
Veteran character actor McMurray has the best speeches and most interesting scenes, making his CEO a class warrior and a master of “the illusion” of “The American Dream.” The details are different, but the bottom line is so overly familiar as to make Americons feel, too often, like a movie we’ve seen before and a strident lecture we’re never going to pay attention to until the bottom drops out again. - 30
Village Voice
Playing like the redundant child of The Wolf of Wall Street and Boiler Room, Americons has its heart and justifiably outraged politics in the right place; it just lacks artistry or real insight. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Director Theo Avgerinos seems preoccupied with making the film look expensive, but no amount of flair could make it less vacuous. - 20
The New York Times
Mr. Avgerinos’s glossy, overripe take on high-flying, unscrupulous lenders — the wolves of Main Street — deteriorates into a hot mess of montages, trailer-ready one-liners and thudding drama. - 16
The Playlist
Americons is a shady sub-prime loan you should not waste your time and energy on.
