God Bless America

Bobcat Goldthwait financed this himself. His reasoning was simple: he did not want anyone blunting the satire, so instead of chasing producers he kept control. Frank is an office worker who learns he is terminally ill. Unable to bear the coarseness of television and of the people around him, he acts once he has nothing left to lose, and takes along Roxy, a teenager whose disillusionment runs deeper than his own. Together they go after reality-show contestants, hate-radio hosts and people who talk in cinemas. Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr star. It screened at festivals in 2011 and opened in the United States on 11 May 2012. After World's Greatest Dad, Goldthwait is working the same seam again: violence committed not by the malicious but by people whose tolerance has run out. Who it is for: viewers who like their black comedy hard, and who expect the film to eventually turn on its own argument. Who it is not for: anyone uncomfortable with graphic violence. The specific list of cultural offences it targets also looks dated in places now.