An American Pickle: An EARLY Review (Spoiler Free)

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Seth Rogen gives a career best in this ravishingly off beat tale of triumph and tragedy, coupled with an evolved narrative that may leave you feeling completely complexed, for better or worse.

The film makes huge leaps between two completely different time periods, ranging from 1919 to present day. Starting off brilliantly with a quirky and hearty depiction of a jewish immigrant, ‘Herschel Greenbaum’ played by Seth Rogen. Who then experiences Tragedy when he daftly falls into a vat of pickles. A 100 years go by and he is alive, preserved perfectly by the Brines. His fellow love mate ‘Sarah Greenbaum’ (Sarah Snook) is deceased and he is left wondering the streets of Brooklyn. That is until he meets his grandson, ‘Ben Greenbaum’ (Seth Rogen). The two embark on a quest full of forgiveness and betrayal, consisting of a toxic clash of cultural ideologies, that is driven by greed. Its…

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