Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Rob Having watched dozens of travelogues about America, I can only say that this one has a pretty mean edge. Sure, everyone likes to see obscure places that are not the subject of the local tourism ads. No one wants to watch Disney-style travel shows. Even his visits to Angola prison, covering a burn-out homeless "hotel" in the ghetto, and showing off the best of Minnesota in January could be forgiven on this account. However, many of his social comments are intentional, thinly-veiled nasty digs, and they ruin what could otherwise be a top show in this genre.It was very hard to watch him make fun of the interesting, warm-hearted people who invited him into their missile silo. That part would have been excellent if he had simply resisted the urge to throw in his hideous final comments. Watching the cheese farm segment was truly excruciating. Here's an interesting subject that was ruined by Fry's diatribe, as he repeatedly expressed his disgust for American-made cheese while his shocked cheese-making hostess wondered how a Brit could could ever get that flipping rude.

SnoopyStyle The series follows Stephen Fry as he drives a black London taxicab in every state of the US. (He does leave it in Seattle as he goes to Alaska and Hawaii.) That's the hook. It's not really an in-depth travelogue. Many states get the rushed treatment. Mostly, he picks 1 or 2 people or groups to interview every state. Sometimes they're famous, sometimes they're homeless, but mostly they represent something that Stephen want to highlight from the states.I like Stephen Fry. I'm not a huge fan, but I've seen him in many different things and he's good in all of them. He's got a big presence and not just in girth. My biggest complaint is that he complains about too many things. Sometimes, he's not discovering America as much as he's making a social commentary about America. Nevertheless, there's a lot of good slice of life and some truly funny moments.

Steve McLaughlin Thought this was a very honest view of America, the good, the bad, the ugly and the majestic. I'm sure people will complain their state wasn't portrayed correctly, especially in the upper Mid West, that they decided to visit their region in January. Fry has some great lines throughout adding humor along the way as well as candid conversations on more serious subjects. Only wish they went slower and had more episodes. And also a summary at the end with his opinions concerning his visit.Fry a great comedian could have poked fun at everything he saw, but didn't, just an honest portrayal of how a visitor views America driving around in his black cab. 10/10

Bernie-56 'Stephen Fry in America' could be regarded as a modern version of Fanny Trollope's 'Domestic Manners of the Americans'. It looks like a pleasant travelogue conducted by a witty and urbane Englishman and superficially it is. However Mr Fry skewers Americans as only a cultured Englishman can. Behind superb photography and a disarming manner we see how ghastly much of middle USA is. It was filmed when the weather was at its worst, doubtless deliberately. Drizzle, driving rain, and muddy roads combined with small-town USA create a dispiriting, even depressing, effect. The evening dance for elderly Jewish retirees in Miami was jaw-dropping. Truly ghastly.