When Paris Hilton is the lone voice of reason in a documentary, one can't help but worry for the next generation. North Korea can't fire the nukes soon enough.

| Jun 4, 2019

An engaging documentary that deserves your 'likes'.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 12, 2019

I highly recommend The American Meme... it is going to change the way you view both social media and society.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 21, 2018

"The American Meme" is a polemic as shallow and artificial as it thinks its subjects are.

| Dec 18, 2018

Without labouring the point, [director Bert] Marcus reveals the existential emptiness at the centre of this entire, precarious new economy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2018

It's like entering a bazaar, or a zoo, and not being able to take your eyes off what they present to us. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 17, 2018

The American Meme says as much about its viewers and consumers as it does about its viral celebrities - perhaps even more.

| Dec 17, 2018

The American Meme is a fascinating close-up on the lives of memes and the confounding value they have in the digital world.

| Dec 15, 2018

Unpacks and reveals the ecosystem of social media celebrity with incredible thoughtfulness.

| Dec 13, 2018

The American Meme works best when it reveals the subtle pain behind much of the manufactured fantasy.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 12, 2018

...genuinely informative and interesting or, in its depiction of the weapons-grade vacuity of its subjects, is actually just terrifying and galactically disheartening?

| Original Score: 12/20 | Dec 11, 2018

Docu about internet celebs has language, nudity, drinking.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2018

The American Meme highlights the idea that social media can be very detrimental to a person's self-esteem. The constant judging by millions of strangers must take its toll.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 10, 2018

Stream it, especially if you want a dose of bracing reality about some of your favorite viral stars. Or if you just want to see lots of scenes of Fat Jewish mostly naked.

| Dec 10, 2018

The American Meme is by no means comprehensive, with filmmaker Bert Marcus opting for a character-based approach rather than a cultural one.

| Original Score: C | Dec 10, 2018

What is fascinating, and valuable, about American Meme is its ability to reveal the desperation, loneliness, and sheer Sisyphean tedium of ceaselessly chasing what will most likely end up being an ever-diminishing share of the online-attention economy.

| Dec 10, 2018

The American Meme is both entertaining and infuriating -- or, to be more specific, it's an entertaining movie about several infuriating people.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 7, 2018

We can't #hashtag our way out of this: #fame is the name of the game.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2018

It's a slick and polished production, presented in an accessible manner which'll click with its target audience.

| Dec 6, 2018

There are many "are you kidding me(?)" moments in this less-than-sacred salute to the Shrine of the Self-Absorbed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 5, 2018