Editing Dinesh D'Souza (section)

====''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' (2014)====
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In March 2013, D'Souza announced work on a documentary-style film titled ''[[America: Imagine the World Without Her]]'' for release in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title='2016: Obama's America' Filmmakers Making Follow-Up Film (Exclusive)|author=Paul Bond|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmakers-making-429104|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317213813/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmakers-making-429104|archive-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> ''America'' was marketed to political conservatives and through Christian marketing firms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-america-marketing-targets-713396|title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Marketing Targets Church Groups|last=Bond|first=Paul|date=2014-06-19|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Times]]'' states that D'Souza is saying that Americans no longer have past heroes like Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan, but "we do have us" in "our struggle for the restoration of America."<ref>{{cite news|author=Harrod, Andrew E.|title=Imaging a World without America; Dinesh D'Souza's New Film Refutes Detractors Who Scorn Her History|url=http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/1/harrod-imagining-a-world-without-america|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|location=Washington, DC|access-date=July 28, 2014|date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>

[[Lions Gate Entertainment]] released ''America'' in three theaters on June 27, 2014, and expanded its distribution on the weekend of the U.S. holiday [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] on July 4, 2014. [[CinemaScore]] reported that the opening-weekend audiences gave the film an "A+" grade.<ref name="Wrap">{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Todd|title=Dinesh D'Souza's Doc 'America' Can't Match Box-Office Lightning of His '2016: Obama's America'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america|website=The Wrap|access-date=August 19, 2014|date=July 6, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824111616/http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america/|archive-date=August 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm|title=Weekend Report: 'Transformers' Repeats On Weak Independence Day Weekend – Box Office Mojo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717153654/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm|archive-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> The film grossed {{nowrap|$14.4 million}}, which made it the highest-grossing documentary in the United States in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm|title=America (2014)|work=boxofficemojo.com|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 6, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107020924/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm|archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref>

The film review website [[Metacritic]] surveyed {{nowrap|11 movie critics}} and assessed 10 reviews as negative and 1 as mixed, with none being positive. It gave an aggregate score of 15 out of 100, which indicates "overwhelming dislike".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|title=America Reviews|work=metacritic.com|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726003953/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|archive-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> The similar website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] surveyed {{nowrap|24 critics}} and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 22 as negative and 2 as positive. Of the {{nowrap|24 reviews}}, it determined an average rating of 2.9 out of 10. The website gave the film an overall score of 8% and said of the consensus, "Passionate but poorly constructed, ''America'' preaches to the choir."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_the_world_without_her_2014|title=America: Imagine the World Without Her|work=rottentomatoes.com|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=November 3, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111132104/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_the_world_without_her_2014/|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s Paul Bond said the film performed well in its limited theatrical release, "overcoming several negative reviews in the mainstream media".<ref name="bond20140705">{{cite journal|last=Bond|first=Paul|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-dinesh-dsouzas-america-features-716708|title=Why Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Features Clips of Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson|journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 5, 2014|access-date=December 10, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416054603/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-dinesh-dsouzas-america-features-716708|archive-date=April 16, 2015}}</ref> Bond reported, "Conservatives ... seem thrilled with the movie."<ref name="bond20140705" />