American Dreamer (2022)
Hope isn't for everyone.
Director: Paul Dektor · Writers: Christopher Wehner, Theodore Melfi
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
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Peter Dinklage
Phil Loder 
Shirley MacLaine
Astrid Fanelli 
Kimberly Quinn
Maggie Pennington 
Danny Pudi
Craig 
Matt Dillon
Dell 
Danny Glover
Jerry 
Michelle Mylett
Clare Milano 
Peter Kelamis
Officer Burt 
Rebecca Olson
Beatrice / Babette 
Garry Chalk
Nicolai 
Kimberley Shoniker
Susan 
Raresh DiMofte
Boris the Plumber User Reviews (1)
Is “the American Dream” still alive and well, or is it a pipe dream whose time has come and gone (and perhaps never really was)? That’s the question rhetorically posed in this modestly entertaining fact-based debut feature comedy from director Paul Dektor, which examines the efforts of an optimistic yet cynical economics professor/would-be novelist (Peter Dinklage) with meager means who repeatedly attempts to buy a home far above his pay grade. He’s discouraged by his frank but somewhat oily real estate broker (Matt Dillon) from continuing in this futile Quixotic pursuit until he finds an offer that seems too good to be true, one proposed by an eccentric wealthy widow (Shirley MacLaine) who’s in the early stages of dementia and is fiercely defended by her daughter (Kim Quinn), an astute lawyer determined to liquidate the deal before she and her heirs get swindled. The result is…
