The various visual and staging techniques that allow Rogen to act opposite himself are invisible, and the film delivers consistent amusement.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 22, 2020

Its premise may sound quaint, but the whimsy of An American Pickle helps nurture all kinds of delicate emotions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2020

An American Pickle is far from a disaster, but it is more amusing than hilarious. It is that thing a comedy can never be -- only half good.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 16, 2020

The result is a heartwarming, funny, and ultimately very Jewish story about hardship, loss, and the redemption we can find in ourselves and each other -- no matter how far away it sometimes feels.

| Aug 22, 2020

Sweet and earnest when it could be condescending, with an edge to the generational conflict at its center.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2020

An American Pickle derives most of its tang from the Herschel and Ben scenes. (In one superfluous but charming bit of business, Ben puts on an oldies station and shows Herschel how to dance to the 1960 chestnut "Stay.")

| Aug 14, 2020

...social and religious and family commentary that grows ever more heavy-handed. Herschel and Ben deserved a better set of circumstances.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 11, 2020

This is more of an appetiser than a main meal, but it's still dill-ish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2020

The satire is already biting and we haven't even hit the opening credits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2020

The direction by Brandon Trost is professional, but the longer you watch, the sillier the story becomes, culminating in an identity switch and generational rapprochement that is simultaneously gooey and far-fetched.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 10, 2020

While its gags about politics are slippery, the film is surprisingly adept at handling the more substantial theme of generational guilt.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2020

The comedy that follows is appropriately both salty and sweet, with plenty of acerbic jabs at our modern condition balanced by the characters' poignant sense of loneliness.

| Aug 8, 2020

A pretty enjoyable showcase for Rogen.

| Aug 7, 2020

Rogen's acting alongside himself is the film's most potent ingredient. In Herschel and Ben, he creates two very distinct characters with two sets of unique mannerisms.

| Aug 7, 2020

An American Pickle massages all the life and spice and danger out of jokes like these in favor of comparatively flavorless sentiment and reconciliation. Sure, I still laughed. But as I did, I wondered why the movie insisted on low-balling itself.

Full Review | Aug 7, 2020

As high concept ideas go, one couldn't have dreamt up a more absurd premise than An American Pickle, yet for all its ludicrous twists and turns, somehow it works. Rogen shines in this fantastically well observed comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2020

Its ethical characteristics are revealed as disembodied and impersonal.

| Aug 7, 2020

It gestures toward controversial ideas but always swerves back to a simple but profound message of togetherness and family, and the personal importance of honoring tradition and memory.

| Aug 7, 2020

The film's plot, adapted by Simon Rich from one of his short stories, is unfortunately saggy. But Rogen's performance remains rock-solid throughout.

| Aug 6, 2020

Irreverent and strange, what An American Pickle lacks in depth, it finds in Rogen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2020