Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) on Netflix
Jimmy Vestvood, an aspiring private investigator in Tehran, wins a green card and moves to Los Angeles with his mother. Millionaire JP Monroe hires him to follow his wife, Marcy.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb5.1/103,210 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
Jamshid, known as Jimmy Vestvood, lives in Tehran with his mother and wants to work as a private investigator. He wins the green card lottery, and during the celebration an American flag catches fire; the video spreads and Kox Media labels him a terrorist. He and his mother settle in Los Angeles, where the best work he can find is a security guard job at the shop of his family friend Mehdi the Butcher. Jimmy is hired by a wealthy man, JP Monroe, who suspects his wife Marcy of having an affair, and Jimmy begins following her to gather evidence. His cousin Leila, who has a crush on him, interferes.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
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- The film's website says it breaks new ground by showing the first hero of Middle-Eastern descent in an American comedy, and that it playfully skewers American preconceptions of the Middle East.
