American Sweatshop

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American Sweatshop

2025

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

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A social media moderator (Lili Reinhart) is tasked with purging the most offensive content from the internet. When she finds a video she believes to contain a crime, she's lured away from the safety of her keyboard and into a dangerous world as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

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Led by Lili Reinhart's powerful portrayal of a deteriorating mind, American Sweatshop delivers a bracingly tense exploration of the dark side of digital labor and 21st century disillusionment.

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Kristy Puchko

Mashable

Aug 29

American Sweatshop is a cool and riveting thriller that gets under your skin, creeping up your spine to bend your brain. Like the internet videos that are its grim inspiration, it's not easy to shake off the chills American Sweatshop triggers.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Aug 29

2.5/4

As often as this film frustrated me regarding Nemeth’s shallow script, I was impressed by the choices made by Lili Reinhart, who plays Daisy’s numbness not as apathy, but something fueled by frustration and anger.

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

Mar 12

C-

American Sweatshop feels like it’s casually swiping through its themes, never coalescing into a feed as unsettling as the real thing.

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Olivia Popp

Cineuropa

Jan 17

The screenplay bends to slightly absurd dialogue and character choices that feel half-baked: "What the fuck is wrong with you?" demands Daisy’s boss, brandishing a printout of a video of a woman jumping from a 20-storey building.

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

Oct 30

3.5/5

A tense (and scarily topical) look at the depravity of the Internet. The film thankfully subverts the inclination to become a female 8MM, instead focusing on the devastating mental impact of content moderation. Reinhart is excellent in an understated perf

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Oct 11

After you watch this film you’ll probably want to log off indefinitely, touch some grass, and hug your pet.

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic 1d

Not a bad film, but the subject matter doesn't fill me with any true entertainment or enjoyment. Its a simple depressing one and done type of film.

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Nissa S.

@NFS247 3d

I enjoyed it, the actress is really great and the plot was original. Very intriguing and worth the watch!

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch Jan 24

American Sweatshop feels like a film loaded with potential that never fully delivers on what it promises. From the premise alone, it seems poised to become an intense, gripping thriller, but it repeatedly pulls back just as it should be escalating. Lili Reinhardt gives a technically solid performance, bringing presence and effort to the screen. However, the issue isn’t her acting but the character itself, which feels underwritten and emotionally incomplete, leaving her arc less impactful than it should be. The screenplay struggles with cohesion. Several moments feel disconnected or underdeveloped, causing the narrative to lose momentum and making it harder to stay invested as the film progresses. Direction also plays a role in the disconnect. Instead of leaning into the darker, more thrilling path the setup suggests, the film veers toward self-discovery, a choice that ultimately weakens the tension. While there are flashes of creativity and ambition, they’re too inconsistent!

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Amy M

@Horrorgal Jan 20

Acting was great and the only thing that carried the movie as it focuses on the affects and desensitisation to what we see online. The pace was slow and ending too ambiguous for me.

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Jon-David D.

@JabberM Jan 18

Slow and Pointless, waste of my time

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William R.

@MileHighMilk Jan 8

Very surface level plot. Mid-level suspense. Lackluster ending.

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Synopsis

A social media moderator (Lili Reinhart) is tasked with purging the most offensive content from the internet. When she finds a video she believes to contain a crime, she's lured away from the safety of her keyboard and into a dangerous world as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

Director: Uta Briesewitz
Producer: Anita Elsani, Uta Briesewitz, Jason Sosnoff, Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana
Screenwriter: Matthew Nemeth, Matt Nemeth
Distributor: Brainstorm Media
Production Co: Elsani Film, Baltimore Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2025
Runtime: 1h 40m

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