Ron and Laura Take Back America

Ron and Laura Take Back America is a 2016 American mockumentary film written by, directed by and starring Mel England and Janice Markham.

Ron and Laura Take Back America
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Directed by	Mel England Janice Markham
Written by	Mel England Janice Markham
Produced by	Gideon Markham Anthony Wandell Jill Rothman Lucas Kamp Kassi Crews Paul Burchett
Starring	Mel England Janice Markham
Cinematography	Gideon Markham
Edited by	Cindy Parisotto
Release date	March 18, 2016 (2016-03-18) (Los Angeles)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Mel England as Ron
• Janice Markham as Laura
• Irene Bedard as Mrs. Alma
• Jim J. Bullock as Bob Zackie
• Sally Kirkland as Sally

Release

The film was released in Los Angeles and New York City on March 18, 2016 and March 25, 2016 respectively.^[1][2] It was initially going to premiere in Los Angeles on March 9, 2016.^[3] Then it was released on VOD on November 1, 2016.^[4]

Reception

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, “Aiming for but failing to achieve a Christopher Guest level of spoofery, Ron and Laura Take Back America lives up to George S. Kaufman’s quip that satire is what closes on Saturday night.”^[5]

Nick Schager of The Village Voice also gave the film a negative review and wrote, “There’s only one joke here — GOP voters are bigoted, Stars and Stripes–wearing clowns — and it’s handled with the sort of blunt, bludgeoning mean-spiritedness that it slams them for peddling.”^[6]