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An American Pickle (2020) Review

A pickle of a dramedy

  • Chris Carter Chris Carter
  • August 11, 2020
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Score: 7 / 10

Seth Rogen is one of the more interesting Frat Pack 2.0 alumni. Simply known as “that kid with that funny laugh” in Freaks and Geeks and Donnie Darko ages ago; Rogen is now a 38 year old man.  Although he still isn’t above doing stoner comedies he’s come into his own in the past 10 years or so, having worked with industry titans like Danny Boyle and Disney. An American Pickle is like a marriage of his old and new sensibilities, and mostly comes out on top.

The premise (a man in 1919 falls into pickle brine and is preserved for 100 years) is almost immediately presented, solved and unquestioned. Herschel Greenbaum is thrust into the 21st century and introduced to his great grandson Ben in what feels like minutes, as the two meet and their personalities clash: a conflict that fuels the rest of the film.

An American Pickle is surprisingly lean. There’s no poorly thought out and cliché romantic subplot. There are barely any real supporting characters: just fleeting cast members who fly in and out on a moment’s notice. Nearly the entire film is supported on the shoulders of Rogen, who carries it with a dual role that’s surprisingly sweet.

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Final Thoughts:

An American Pickle is often short on laughs, but it has more than enough heart to compensate.
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An American Pickle

Director(s): Brandon Trost
Cast: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer
Running Time: 88 min

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