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llewyn-deleted-1596950220 says...

4 years ago

This was...interesting. It is more of a heartwarming movie than being a straight-up comedy. Seth Rogen left his usual raunchiness to try something different. Maybe one of his best performances ever. The story was quite original (which is a great thing in the current film-making era). Although at times the script did become nonsensical and over the top, this was an alright way to kill 90 minutes.

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4 years ago

@llewyn <br /> > The story was quite original<br /> <br /> Futurama plot: "~~An immigrant worker~~ _A loser_ at a ~~pickle factory~~ _pizza restaurant_ is accidentally preserved for ~~100~~ _1000_ years and wakes up in ~~modern day Brooklyn~~ _New New York_. He learns his only surviving relative is his ~~great grandson~~ _great (×30) grandnephew_, a ~~computer coder~~ _mad scientist_ who he can’t connect with."

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4 years ago

@sharkiller dude ngl I didn't even think of that.

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fckmylife says...

4 years ago

The movie sets off with a really distinguished and intriguing look at the 1920s which I very much liked, but then transcends into a somewhat-basic new age comedy with the cliche "fish out of water" storyline. It does manage to get in a few laughs and sets a nice heart-warming message about family.

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boolalanga says...

4 years ago

Mediocre stuff.

Probably the worst Seth Rogen movie I have seen.

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zenophyx says...

4 years ago

I watched this movie with a mate with the idea in mind that we could make fun of it. Judging by the description, the concept is dumb as shit, but that's to be expected of Seth Rogen. However, I was actually pleasantly surprised how invested I got with it and its characters. This would be a one time watch and worth the time, don't think I'd rewatch it though.

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eiduren says...

3 years ago

It’s better than you would expect.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

4 years ago

I really enjoyed that, a good one from Seth Rogen and loved the plot, it was something different and the script had a good sense of humour.

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cutecruel says...

4 years ago

This movie feels cheaper than a Netflix movie, and that says a lot. The core joke is _"immigrant life is comically hard haha"_ aka- recycled Borat jokes. _An American Pickle_ marketed itself as being about an immigrant family but it just veers into a bunch of dumb humor about current politics. It’s not funny enough to be a comedy, and it doesn’t have enough of a story to be anything else.

The fake "eastern Europe accent" is u-n-b-e-a-r-a-b-l-e! And what the actual fuck is "eastern Europe accent"? Russian? Hungarian? I know Americans are extremely dumb and so, so, so terrible with languages but come on. Fake "[anything not-English] English" always sounds like mockery. Stop it.

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AdamMorgan says...

4 years ago

While the movie starts off with a rather ridiculous premise this premise actually resulted in some really funny scenes by the two leads. The problem that this movie had is that as it got past the easy story lines created by the premise and required the story to be moved forward it started to lose steam. The film actually did touch on questions such as religious belief and the value of family but never really seemed to know what it was doing. By the end it just seemed to limp over the finish line with the ending we all knew was coming.

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alexnader says...

4 years ago

This was just so very mediocre, it's like a short Youtube sketch but stretched out to be whole movie. I'd expect this of a new "up and coming" indie film maker, maybe, but not Seth.

Guess it was a little pet-project of his about family and religion. They didn't even need to go all out on the whole time travel, and could have just made it about finding a long lost cousin from some looked-over country.

Cute but blah.

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Xaro Rosu-deleted-1599333352 says...

4 years ago

A really good movie.
I didn't think it would be so good, maybe it would have been even better if it had been a series.
But that beginning with Hershal is very fast, some explanations would have worked at that beginning.
The story, after the beginning, is really ok and interesting.
This movie is really a good movie for 2020.

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crichardson79 says...

4 years ago

This is not a comedy. Don't waste your time. Not funny. Just an ok movie.

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tgrbabydoll says...

2 years ago

So I was expecting something humorous and in part it was, but I guess my idea is family is more supportive. Then I realized it was from a short story, which I think if I knew that going in, it would have been better. So yes from a short story and then I would probably give it a 7.

Maybe I'm not keen on the politics ish either, not direct but you'll get it is you watch it. Points well taken and almost a requirement with Seth Rogan, so should've expected that also.

Not one of his best but worth a watch on a rainy afternoon.

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