There's a lot to say about this movie, but here's the gist: It's not about America's national parks, animals, or history. It's about, literally, its heart and soul - the people. But here's the deal: the movie is only 84 minutes, which is a very short amount of time to cram the "heart and soul" of America. The brainstorming session to curate the list of what type of people to feature in this film must've been a mile long, and that's actually my issue with it. They made some odd choices with some people, like the junk art guy or the "projectile stunt man" or the 2-minute clip of Ben from Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (the only famous person in the whole movie). I think I was expecting more iconic/historical people or people who work with historical monuments, I don't know... I guess I was expecting an updated version of "America the Beautiful," the old circle vision movie inside Disneyland (and Disney World?).
Overall, I was disappointed, but it's not nearly as bad or "patriotic propaganda" as some cynical reviewers here wrote (apparently, they were just pissed about the movie being released during the GW Bush administration and took it as propaganda - well guess what? I just watched this during the TRUMP administration and there's, literally, riots going on right now as I write this due to the senseless death of George Floyd. I needed to watch something patriotic for my country that I love and have loved for almost 50 years.)
Overall, I was disappointed, but it's not nearly as bad or "patriotic propaganda" as some cynical reviewers here wrote (apparently, they were just pissed about the movie being released during the GW Bush administration and took it as propaganda - well guess what? I just watched this during the TRUMP administration and there's, literally, riots going on right now as I write this due to the senseless death of George Floyd. I needed to watch something patriotic for my country that I love and have loved for almost 50 years.)