The American Meme

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The American Meme

2018,

1h 30m,

Documentary

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92%

26 Reviews

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97%

1,000+ Ratings

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92%

Tomatometer

26 Reviews

97%

Popcornmeter

1,000+ Ratings

Four social media stars, Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan, and Kirill Bichutsky, hustle to create empires online.

Critics Consensus

The American Meme dives into the shallow end of modern celebrity, emerging with a series of fascinating -- and surprisingly deep -- observations.

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Kyle Turner

New York Times

Dec 18, 2018

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

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Naomi Fry

The New Yorker

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.

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Nov 16, 2018

Suffused with vapidity, the doc somehow finds its way to an unexpected sadness and maybe something deeper and cautionary.

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

Jun 4, 2019

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.

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

Jan 12, 2019

6/10

An engaging documentary that deserves your 'likes'.

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Rachel Leishman

The Mary Sue

Dec 21, 2018

4/5

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

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Hagrid S

Apr 10, 2019

The best part of this is seeing the personal trauma and destruction of its subjects. For better or worse, this doc exists to portray an era of social media influenced psychosis and all the obvious damage that comes out of it, without actually criticizing those using it for their image. Also, I really didn't know much about any of these people and it's fascinating to watch their stories and how they've evolved.

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Luke L

Feb 22, 2019

Didn't finish...

Feb 15, 2019

upbeat and reflective at times, but ultimately toothless when it mattered

Anakin G

Feb 5, 2019

Most of the characters are reeling from the fame in various stages of their respective cycles, both positively and negatively. The only one with a bird's-eye-view is The Fat Jewish. His prediction of the influencer bubble popping rang ominously in my ears.

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Theodore M

Jan 15, 2019

It's all of that irreal life of all this stars, actors... they are different in real life... Watched this movie with boxxy software, not bad at all.

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Anakin W

Jan 14, 2019

Yes, social media sucks thanks for letting me know AGAIN.

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Synopsis

Four social media stars, Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan, and Kirill Bichutsky, hustle to create empires online.

Director: Bert Marcus
Producer: Cassandra Hamar Thornton, Bert Marcus
Screenwriter: Bert Marcus
Production Co: Bert Marcus Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2018
Runtime: 1h 30m

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