They Come to America

2012 "The must-see movie so many people don't want you to see."
6.1| 1h44m| en
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A documentary that explores the human and financial costs of illegal immigration.

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HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
triciapalmeri-89159 Ive seen all 3, They Come to America I, II, III and counting the days til Spring 2018 when "They Come to America IV" is released. Do NOT allow ridiculous negative reviews with complicated reasons for their opinions supported by NO comparisons to prove their claims detour you away from doing everything you can to see these films; it is EXACTLY their agenda. Watch and make your own educated decision. Nothing is manipulated in these films. Cold and hard facts yes they are but facts do not lie.
Garbagemaster This is the most even-handed treatment of this controversial subject I've yet seen. Lynch, the director, shows the reality and consequences of illegal immigration from every angle. The un-willingness of our "leaders" to deal with the issue, the law enforcement standpoint, the costs to our social services and schools, economic costs, national security, and finally, the brutal human cost on the immigrants themselves. Regardless of your politics, every American needs to see this film. Both political parties are responsible for this issue, and Lynch is good about exposing the political agendas of both sides. The point of this film is to raise awareness. It is unafraid, and unflinching in revealing the magnitude and consequences of decades of uncontrolled borders.
danny-boy-112-369951 Full of factual inaccuracies, non sequiturs, conservative buzzwords, and scare-mongering, this so-called "documentary" film is nothing more than the parroting of tired right-wing bigotry masquerading as "fair and balanced" (and no more convincingly than Fox News manages to pull off "fair and balanced"). The filmmaker, Dennis M. Lynch, makes much of his attempts to appear to be giving equal time to "both sides"; however, the sides are completely misrepresented in the first place. Am I being fair and balanced by giving equal time to "yes" and equal time to "no" in my film in which I ask my neighbor the yes/no question, "Have you stopped beating your dog yet?"? In reality, my neighbor has never beaten his dog, but then that wasn't one of the sides I portrayed in my film, is it? Lynch similarly frames the issue of immigration in a false dichotomy and then proceeds to carefully cultivate the appearance of fairness and balance for those uninformed, trusting, or simple enough to be fooled by it. As such, his credibility as an objective documentarian goes right out the window.The actual pro-immigration stance is woefully absent in Lynch's film, no doubt because accurately representing it would sound the death knell for his carefully crafted narrative. Lynch works hard to cast himself as a victim in the film, as a lone seeker of truth being abused by some of those he interviews, being kicked out of political rallies, and knocking on the massive closed doors of a conspiracy hellbent on keeping a terrible secret. In reality, however, he aggressively asks leading questions and is wantonly disruptive of those not likely to agree with him. It is not that those who support immigration refused to be represented in his film, but that they were not willing to be a part of an obvious attempt to misrepresent them.In lieu of an expansive soundtrack, Lynch opts instead to underscore his film with the constant drumbeat of an endless string of white people all too eager to scapegoat immigrants for everything wrong in their own lives. An overt, over-the-top racist predictably appears at opportune moments in the narrative to act as apologetic counterpoint in order to lend the appearance of legitimacy to the undercurrent of "softer" bigoted attitudes given voice throughout the film. Lynch casts himself as a softy that feels for the undocumented immigrants, and suggests at one point that perhaps America is not the best place for immigrants because it would be a shame for them to become the victims of rising racial tensions. There's nothing revelatory here, just an incendiary laundry list of long ago refuted straw-man arguments dramatically staged to look as if they are alive and well and candidly documented on the gritty front lines of public opinion.What does it say about the strength of the anti-immigration political position when it must be bolstered by such underhanded tactics?---that proponents of this position are on shaky ground. What does it say about these proponents that these tactics are so transparent and unconvincing?---that they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. The debate is over, they have lost, and the only alternative to having the integrity to concede the point is to attempt revision of the debate itself and its historical timeline. Still, they refuse to read the writing on the wall and accept that they could ever have possibly been wrong. In this reviewer's opinion, all of the ills Lynch outlines in the film can be cured when conservatives cease running interference that prevents immigration law reform from ever coming about.It is an insult to the venerable art of documentary filmmaking to call this piece of propagandistic political puff a serious addition to the genre. Whatever your views on immigration, this film can safely be ignored as it seeks only to muddy the waters.
lgillum The tyranny of opinion. In the course of human events history repeats itself getting uglier and uglier, over and over, when its political. Why can't we respect the opinion of another? Disagree agreeably. So it is self evident some, no many believe we are not created equal and those to whom that are not, by gosh are considered evil. Pfttt. Why would ownership of TV stations, others that buy or help independent filmmakers get the show heard and seen stifle it?(literally 8 ball it) I understand 98% of filmmakers or those willing to help get the show into theaters are liberal but whatever happened to we are all created equal? I just saw the trailer and I believe when people close there eyes to truth its because its not theirs. When they listen and reject it, thats because they didn't hear it. Opinion matters and if everybody that controls the movie and music industry allow only documentaries they believe in, then the truth is self evident.