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The American Dream

2026 · 122 min

A breezy, good-natured underdog romp that coasts on charm and scrappy improvisation rather than real stakes.

Overview: No one would have bet on Jérémy, stuck behind the counter of a video store, or on Bouna, who cleans airports. With no money, no connections, and painfully poor English, who could have predicted they’d one day become big-name agents in the NBA? What they lack in experience, they will make up for in audacity, while remaining true to their one credo, doing business with a human touch. Scouting raw talent while improvising their way up, they’ll fake it until they make it – chasing their American Dream and landing multi-million-dollar deals.
How it feels: Light, warm, earnest and uplifting. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, friendship, class, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
class
identity
work
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild