Think that the current disdain some people in other countries have for the United States is based more on the ongoing war in Iraq, the weapons of mass destruction not turning up, the inability to locate Bin Laden, and various other aspects of current events.

On a very positive note, Al Gore, Jr. though has certainly become the opposite of the ugly American with his work on getting the issue of global warming out in the open and many other countries.

Our movies seem to go all over the world. Check the release dates in the Internet Movie Database. Movies like Gone, Baby, Gone; The Brave One; The Departed; Chicago; Traffic; Crash; etc. are shown in a very large number of countries.

It does not look like Gone, Baby, Gone has even opened yet in movie theaters in Australia nor in the UK. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/releaseinfo

Some of the problem also might be with the picture Hollywood presents of our society/culture with movies like some of these.

On the other, hand similar movies to these also might draw more and more people to the idea of coming to the US.