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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreVeteran 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.
- 30Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyPlaying 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.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiDirector Theo Avgerinos seems preoccupied with making the film look expensive, but no amount of flair could make it less vacuous.
- 20The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldMr. 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.
- Americons is a shady sub-prime loan you should not waste your time and energy on.