Release: American Dream

American Dream
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Josh and Benny Safdie
Writer: Chad Taylor
Based on the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, John Boyega, Jeff Goldblum, Maika Monroe




Budget: $28,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $31,932,789
Foreign Box Office: $27,113,602
Total Profit: $8,097,891

Reaction: We are happy that this one narrowly avoided losing money, instead ending up with a nice small profit. American Dream is the fourth consecutive profitable film with Alden Ehrenreich receiving top billing (following To the White Sea, Death Dream and Ranger).

 "The Safdie Brothers have taken the basic concept of John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy and put their dark, unique twist on the material. The film focuses on similar characters, but Chad Taylor's script has their lives spiral wildly out of control like a violent K-hole." - Ken Hammerschmidt, Washington Post

"This script just hums along like a finely tuned automobile. Each scene puts the characters into moral dilemmas and forces difficult decisions out of them. While the film may lack the edge of its source material, the film is strong effort from the cast and crew."  - Mark Gilbert, Boston Globe

"While Alden Ehrenreich shows once again why he is one of the brightest young stars in Hollywood, John Boyega shows that he just doesn't have the right skill-set to star in a film like this. He's not unlikable, but he lacks the charm and charisma that Jon Voight brought to the original. He comes across as too milquetoast in the film's most pivotal role." - Allen Poole, AV Club