Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

2016

Action / Comedy

38
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 77% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 3184 3.2K

Plot summary

A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Director

Jonathan Kesselman Photo
Jonathan Kesselman

Top cast

Waleed Zuaiter Photo
Waleed Zuaiter as Malek
Maz Jobrani Photo
Maz Jobrani as Jimmy Vestvood
John Heard Photo
John Heard as JP Monroe
Deanna Russo Photo
Deanna Russo as Marcy Monroe
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611.65 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.27 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GManfred

Funny Iranians

Nowadays, you don't connect comedy and Iran in the same sentence, but in "Jimmy Vestvood, Amerikan Hero", it's more than permissible - it's necessary. It's a very funny comedy in a contemporary landscape of juvenile attempts at humor which appeal to the audiences lower instincts. This picture, on the other hand, is genuinely funny via a clever screenplay. It capitalizes on its characters naivete and lack of background in the English language and American customs, resulting in several very funny exchanges between Iranians vs. Americans and, in some cases, Iranians vs. Iranians. In truth, the humor is uneven, but it is tough to maintain a high level of humor throughout a full length feature. But "Jimmy Vestvood" tries.A quick summary; Our hero wins a lottery and comes to America with his mother. He wants to be a Private Eye like his idol, Steve McQueen, but is quickly mistaken for a jihadist. Meanwhile, he is hired by a U.S. Senator as a bagman for a payoff to an enemy agent for weapons to a foreign country to start a war. Got it so far? Doesn't matter - confusion is part of the fun, so just go with our hero (Maz Jobrani), who is brilliantly funny in a way that Sasha Baron Cohen ("Borat") tries to be. Jobrani, however, succeeds and is funnier. Sound like a good movie? Too bad, it's already gone from the NYC area. It deserved a better fate as it's the best comedy I've seen so far this year, better than "The Nice Guys".
Reviewed by footing12 3 / 10

I'm Iranian and I didn't like the movie

First of all I'm not a professional viewer. It was a weak 'Hollywood style' movie, and by Hollywood style I mean those that show women as sex toys and there's always have to be a hero to save the world. Of course not all Hollywood movies are like as I described. Definitely not an Iranian movie, does not even have Iranian vibe to it, probably an Iranian-American culture. I like Maz Jobrani, but this movie I really didn't enjoy and I do not recommend this to anyone.
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