Release: American Idiot

American Idiot
Genre: Drama
Director: David Michod
Writer: Meirad Tako
Based on the album by Green Day
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Katherine Langford, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keegan Allen, Billie Joe Armstrong (cameo)





Budget: $15,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $15,514,138
Foreign Box Office: $11,197,050
Total Profit: -$12,754,450

Reaction: It would seem that the band Green Day's large fan base was not enough to turn the film into a hit, becoming an early Season 23 box office dud.

"I really have to wonder why Meirad Tako and David Michod wouldn't just adapt the hit Broadway musical based on the American Idiot album. Then they would at least have a narrative to work from. This film felt even more aimless than it's meandering 'hero'." - Gregory Fletcher, Los Angeles Times-Journal

"The film doesn't reach the same heights as other album/song-inspired films from writer Meirad Tako. The comparison to hits like Ziggy Stardust and Hotel California are likely to hurt this film in the eyes of the public. That said, I found the film full of energy and confidence. Sure, it isn't a masterpiece, but at least it's never boring - something not every film can claim." - Frank Estelle, Boca Breeze

"While Jeremy Allen White, Katherine Langford, & Jennifer Jason Leigh do to their best abilities to bring substance to what is an amazing album, the film felt misguided. I struggled to understand what's the point to this film like I did to Tako's Ziggy Stardust film. I have no idea who to root for or what to get from it's message. Michod or Meirad Tako doesn't give me anything to latch on to making anyone who didn't believe this album was the Bible, feel alienated and disconnected at it's finish" - Cary Mackenzie Webster, FilmWeek

Rated R for sexual content, some violence and strong language throughout