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An American Pickle

A story of self preservation

5.8(631)20201h 29m5

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Yiddish
  • immigrant
  • deportation
  • time travel
  • jewish american
  • brooklyn, new york city
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • jewish culture
  • jewish family
  • yiddish language
  • pickle

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Simon Rich

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePG-13Tribeca Film Festival26 Jul 2020
    • Digital / OTTPG-13HBO Max6 Aug 2020
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT12A7 Aug 2020
  • AustraliaAU

    • Digital / OTTPG1 Jan 2021
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical146 Aug 2020
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTUMyCanal25 Nov 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT127 Aug 2020
  • New ZealandNZ

    • Digital / OTTPG1 Jan 2021
  • South KoreaKR

    • Digital / OTT1529 Sept 2022

Frequently asked questions

An American Pickle was released on 6 August 2020.

Audience reviews

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    Manuel São Bento

    8/17/2020

    6/10

    If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com HBO Max arrives to become one more proof of how vital streaming has been to new filmmakers and writers all around the world. An American Pickle is the very first original film released by the respective service, and it gives the opportunity to Brandon Trost (solo directorial debut) and Simon Rich (feature film screenp…

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    SWITCH.

    9/9/2020

    5/10

    'An American Pickle' feels like a film with so much potential, but potential that is never fully embraced. It isn't the job of a reviewer to say what a film SHOULD have been, but to offer a critique of the film they're actually seeing. In that spirit, the problem with 'An American Pickle' is that there are really two films here jostling for dominance. Personally, the heartfelt comic fable about two generations of Jew…

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    tbobio

    10/24/2020

    it is the trailer first caught me, I love the idea of an outdated man being overwhelmed by the modern world and struggle to adjust for nowadays life crises. the world must be so bizarre in his eyes but still much better than one hundred years ago (since we had made a long way). ....and I found the average score is not even made the pass line, I'm very hesitated. but the intro said it's an adaption of an NYT novel,…

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    tmdb28039023

    8/26/2022

    1/10

    This movie stars Seth Rogen in a dual role as Herschel, an early 20th century Eastern European Jewish immigrant, and Ben, his last remaining descendant. To paraphrase a Family Guy episode, Seth Rogen looks funny even when he's not doing anything funny. Why, then, is An American Pickle, so unfunny (I laughed exactly one (1) time)? My theory is that two Rogens cancel each other out. My other theory is that the makers w…

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    Marco-Hugo Landeta Vacas

    6/23/2026

    6/10

    (CASTELLANO) Encurtido en el tiempo es una comedia bastante tonta, pero también tiene algo simpático. Parte de una idea absurda —un inmigrante queda conservado durante cien años en una cuba de encurtidos y despierta en el Brooklyn actual— y la lleva con una mezcla de humor bobo, choque generacional, ternura familiar y un punto de mala leche. No es una gran película, pero se ve con agrado. Lo mejor está en el contr…

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