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The American Dream Sucks
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 91
Retail Price: £14.99
Release Date: 23/08/2010
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Derick Martini, this semi-autobiographical tale about the American Dream gone wrong is set in the late 1970s in Long Island, New York. Scott Bartlett (Rory Culkin) is a shy Star Wars loving teenager obsessed with feisty girl next-door Adrianna (Emma Roberts). Adrianna's deer-hunting father loses his job after contracting Lyme's disease from a tic, a brain wasting illness. He hides losing his job from wife Melissa (Cynthia Nixon) by getting stoned in the basement while she embarks on an affair with her real estate boss played by Alec Baldwin, who happens to be Scott's father and her daughter's friend. Tension mounts when things become all too obvious to Scott's mother, played by Jill Hennessy, which coincides with Scott's journey to manhood…

An excellent ensemble cast make this a powerful drama with many darkly comic moments. It will appeal to fans of quirky independent films such as American Beauty and The Ice Storm.

Special Features:
- Interview with Emma Roberts
- Stills Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer