American Schemers

  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Music
85

Two friends, one mansion, zero morals

Two flamboyant con artists pose as heirs to a deceased socialite, only to find that the community they’ve infiltrated is as crooked as they are.

Budget:
$900,000

      Cast

      Reviews

      • Brent_Marchant

        When it comes to comedy, Ill gladly stand up and applaud filmmakers who create works that knock it out of the park. But, to earn such praise, theres a catch their work has got to be good. To me, fewer things are worse than a big screen offering that pathetically struggles to be funny and ends up falling flat on its behind, sadly transforming itself into a bad punchline or witless pratfall. Regrettably, thats precisely what torpedoes this latest feature outing from director Jack C. Newell, a humorless, unoriginal attempt at a comedic romp that starts out modestly entertaining but that rapidly slides into an embarrassing exercise in relentless tedium. Big Apple con artists Oly (Michael Waller) and Kara (Sydney Blackburn) operate a houseclean...

        September 22, 2025