WTF.
You said this movie has no real actors?
Then WTF is Justin Timberlake doing at 1:39 in the trailer up there. He's in the movie.
Don't give me that "no real actors" business. I definitely see Justin Timberlake.
Ahem! That is no JT! I should know -- I have four posters of him on my wall.
On-topic, though I can't really comment on the movie, cuz I haven't seen it (nor do I plan to), the reviews are quite harsh, and only a handful of them mention the politics. In fact, there are even a handful of reviews that say that they like Ayn Rand's novel, and that it deserves a better production than this.
But hey, this is all subjective, so if you like it you like it, there's no right or wrong.
There's no question that Rand's writing is very politically-charged, and I think it's impossible for a viewer to completely disconnect themselves and just watch a movie objectively.
Though, I'm not convinced that America's critics are left-leaning. Alcove correctly pointed out that Hollywood tends to be left-leaning. That's a relative point to make, in regards to the difficulty of getting this movie produced. It has no bearing on the reviews, however, because film critics are not part of the "liberal Hollywood".
The most common way for a film critic to get their start is as a beat reporter for a newspaper. The right loves to point out how left-leaning the media is, but from my liberal perspective, I think the media tends too far to the right. With that in mind, I think the collective national media is actually probably a pretty fair and accurate sampling of middling-America.
I'm inclined to believe that the poor reviews are based on the merits of the movie, not the political commentary.