Intentionally stupid, cartoonishly gory, sarcastic, inconsistently laugh-out-loud funny, often vulgar, slightly historically inaccurate, and probably a half hour longer than it needs to be. America: The Motion Picture is big dumb satirical historical nonsense… and it knows it. It revels in it. It’s probably going to offend a lot of people who don’t get – or just don’t appreciate – the joke. Fine… what could be more American than that?

America: The Motion Picture opens with traitor and secret werewolf Benedict Arnold blowing up Independence Hall and then gunning down Abraham Lincoln while he and George Washington watch a stage musical. Washington has to assemble a crack A-Team including frat boy Samuel Adams, armored Paul Revere, skeptical Geronimo, lady science superhero Thomas Edison, and blacksmith John Henry (who is also a black smith). Together they must rally the American people and beat back the Brits led by the nefarious King James and his evil tea plans.

Yep – it’s pure nonsense that trades in the vernacular of epic Hollywood films and over-the-top American nationalism. Yep – it’s stupid and it knows it. Yep… I laughed often enough. And I’m not 100% proud of that… but funny is funny. Your results may vary.

It has a pretty good pedigree and production value. It’s produced by the Lord and Miller and has a has a good – or at least interesting – voice cast led by Channing Tatum as Washington and Jason Mantzoukas as Sam Adams. They are joined by Olivia Munn (Thomas Edison), Simon Pegg (King James), Judy Greer (Martha Washington), Andy Samberg (Benedict Arnold), and more.

The flick does start to run out of steam as the gimmick goes on and on. The movie is ultimately a little too over-indulgent and the humor cannot sustain its running time. But that doesn’t mean I still didn’t get a chuckle out of random moments even in the over-the-top final battle. And think some of the imagery was (intentionally or ironically) cool… like Paul Bunyan and Babe charging into battle against AT-ATs made out of double-decker London busses.

Yeah, this might not be for everyone but if you can be ok with a little ruthless mockery (self-mockery for my American brothers and sisters), then you might have some fun with this flick. Just beware that it’s very R rated, quite raunchy, lots of cussin’, lots of gore. Which, hey, to me is a feature, not a bug. Your result may vary.

Score: 76