hey what's going on everybody and welcome back to my channel movie files ellie you're
back again with a brand new early netflix movie review and this time we are discussing the new
animated sci-fi comedy parody film by the name of america the motion picture which i got a chance
to check out early courtesy of netflix this film will be available to check out on june 30th and
i'm really excited to let you all know what i thought about the film and let you know if it's
worth checking out on this weather free review but before we break it all down make sure you all are
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picture what do you think about it you have a good time do you have a good laugh did you enjoy the
story and the characters or were you let down by this comedy film let's talk about it in the
comments below so for me i remember seeing this trailer a couple what was it a month and a half
ago when it premiered and i thought to myself wow this looks incredibly stupid but the thing that
sold me on watching this and again shout out to netflix letting me check it out early was
i saw the cast and i liked the voice casting so that was kind of intrigued me i like when films
make fun of you know true life events the you know the birth of america the founding fathers and all
that so that kind of had my interest because i'm not like a historian per se but the thing that
really got me excited when i saw that this was created or executive producers behind this were
lord and miller i love their stuff in live action the 21 22 jump street and all the stuff they've
done but when it comes to animation they're flawless to me whether it be cloudy with a chance
of meatballs obviously spider-man into the spider verse and just this year alone the mitchells
versus the machine so that kind of really was my saving point even though they're not the directors
whenever they're involved in animation behind the scenes executive producers i tend to love their
stuff so what did i think about this film well first and foremost i'm not gonna lie to you all as
i'm sitting here watching this film which by the way i'm pre-recording this i'm about 15 minutes
removed from the movie the first 10 15 minutes of the film i'm thinking to myself i am getting
extremely old i have lost my sense of humor because i didn't find this film to be funny at all
it was just like this this jokes are played out this is too broly this is just like not my cup of
tea all pun intended for when you see the film but it wasn't into this to me is a perfect example of
giving the film a chance believing in the creators and just going along for the ride because as the
film went on it became funnier more creative and especially once the crew comes together then i'll
talk about this voice cast in a second the film really kind of comes together and once you get
to that third act which is like avengers in-game kind of ready player one star wars mashup of like
conclusions of a film it all kind of sticks to landing for me personally so this film to me
guys again this is a comedy and obviously comedy's very subjective and i'm not gonna lie not all the
jokes land and we'll save that for the criticism a little bit uh here that we'll discuss but for
the most part it's the creative writing because what i liked about how this film was handled was
not only does it take into account the time period that it takes place in in the 1700s and obviously
british and taking over and the founding fathers and america trying to you know fight against
britain all that stuff was there but it's how they infuse everyday pop culture references
in particularly from a political standpoint there are topics and themes in this film that it tackles
pretty brilliantly gun control uh classism racism all the stuff you can think of that we deal with
in society now not just in america but across the world they infuse it and they make it funny now
again some people might be offended because again kami's very subjective but i found the infusion of
pop cultures political pop culture stuff to be used brilliantly in this film but speaking of
pop culture the references to normal technology everyday technology the movie references again
i mentioned that this film has a third act that's like avengers in game star wars ready player one
but just the other stuff that they kind of mix into the conversation and the in the story that
we have here especially with george washington his arc played by channing tatum it was just brilliant
to me i just thought it just all came together especially like i said once you get past that 15
20 minute mark the rest of the film just has a flow and a rhythm and a pacing that i just found
to be very pleasantly welcome and very surprising because i was not on board with this film within
the first 10 minutes let's get to this voice cast because that's that's what really kind of brings
this film home and really brought the entertaining aspect starting off with george washington himself
played by shannon tatum who it's been a minute man he's been out of the limelight for a while
i know he's making a comeback this year with a film like this and a couple other projects but
whatever it is when when channing tatum gets involved with lord miller he just has this
rhythm and this charisma now obviously his voice act is not him on screen but i
felt the chatting tatum isms in george washington and he actually has a legitimate arc in this film
whether it be his ignorance to stuff that's going on his relationship with abraham lincoln again
this is all fictional stuff that we see within this film martha again all the stuff that we see
was just so funny to me and he actually goes from being very ignorant to being a hero by
the film and i really enjoyed what shannon tatum had to bring to this character in the rest of the
whole damn clue whether it be his involvement with sam adams uh thomas edison who was my favorite
character in the film female thomas edison voiced by olivia munn i thought that she was fantastic
and it's all for science aka iron man ish type of character i thought they were great uh paul
revere was hilarious and the robocop reference was excellent martha washington was a hit surprise you
know the the small voice came here that we have for will forte is abe lincoln and again germarmo
blacksmith voiced by mike miller uh simon pegg as king james and i can't leave out andy sandberg
as one of the best villains of the year so far as benedict arnold the cast is great the comedy with
this cast and when you see this ragtag group of inventors and politicians and future presidents it
all kind of comes together and they kind of form an avengers team that works so well guys so again
the voice casting's there the the infusion of the pop culture the political landscape is there in a
direction i'm not too familiar with the director of this film matt thompson who's known for voice
acting he's known for being uh producers for a lot of animated shows and directing a lot of anime
shows in particular archer which has been a while since i watched the show but i remember thinking
that show was hilarious matt thompson is someone to look out for guys this marks his directorial
debut and i thought that he did such a great job of again infusing all the stuff i mentioned
making this story so compelling to a sense hella entertaining and again it's just a matter of
how they pace this film together and again the inaccuracies and historical things that
really went down in real in the real world but then infusing all the comedy beats and
the action beats and the science fiction beats all really came home to me and also
the animation style of this film was pretty uh pretty great it's not pixar level or even
a spider-man to the spider-verse type of level but i thought the animation was pretty good so
literally i can go on and on about my positives but let me dive a little bit into my criticisms
i kind of touched on at the beginning but i found the opening in the film to be the weakest part of
the movie because as we get past that first act and going to the second especially that
amazing third act the beginning's a little tough like i said i don't know it's just a matter of
finding its footing getting the group together and just the the pacing of it all but just that
first half mostly the first 10 to 15 minutes just wasn't all that entertaining for me personally
but minus though the first act of the film i was pretty engaged i was pretty entertained and i
really don't have many other criticisms besides again this is based on true events it's not
obviously historically accurate but that's not even a thing i would put in my curriculum
because it's meant to be a parody so the only thing i can really think of as far as
criticisms comey is very subjective it's not and not every joke lands but for the most part
i would say about seven for me 70 75 of jokes land for me which is great because your modern comedies
most of the jokes i don't find funny at all so i like that the jokes are raunchy they go to certain
areas that you don't like to see in into political movies or in movies in general it defends people
but they actually went to certain levels that i was very surprised with and it is very violent
to say as well so i i mixed in some of my pros there but those are literally only the criticism
i really have is the first half and then some of the jokes not being all the way perfect but listen
before i give you all my overall thoughts my score and let you know if it's worth checking out make
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american the motion picture to me is a perfect example of giving the film a chance sitting
through it enjoying the journey falling in love with these characters having a good time and i
really had a good time with this film with that being said america the motion picture i'm going
to give it a solid surprisingly four out of five because again if you were sitting here with me
when i was watching this film in the first 10 minutes i almost turned the tv off because i'm
like this isn't for me this is not a film that worked for me but i gave it a chance i stuck
around and i'm happy i did that so let me know what you all thought of this film once you checked
it out on june 30th on netflix did you love it did you not find it funny did you have a good time
what was your favorite character mine was thomas edison also george washington but what were some
of your favorite moments in the characters in this film let's discuss in the comments
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you're staying safe and by the way we're only a week or so away from america's birthday so
happy birthday america you guys have a good day and we'll see you on the next video you