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American Sweatshop

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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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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 Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
Martin Unsworth Starburst Sep 29
4/5
As Daisy gets further into the rabbit hole of depravity, the more depressing the film becomes. Briesewitz ramps up emotional levels and makes the viewer glad they’re not content moderators. Go to Full Review
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William R @MileHighMilk 5d Very surface level plot. Mid-level suspense. Lackluster ending. See more Smokestack @6655tired Jan 5 Possibly the only movie of 2025 that wasn't predictable? i see other comments about not liking the end, but i love how american sweatshop rejects what was expected and forces us to think what we would do if we really were in that situation. See more Avindu G Jan 4 American Sweatshop presents us the dark realities of modern slavery. How mechanized humans pick-up the slack for their robotic descendants. This tale is another needle jab at the bubble. Symbolical visuals and the decent acting by the cast to portray how different personalities cope with the pressures is excellent. It's a haunting depiction of what the first responders of the tech industry has to come across. Greatly entertaining. See more Lorne H @Hartcore Dec 31 Cinematic crap, don't bother. See more Mike C @magic26601 Dec 28 Kind of boring. Ending really needed work. See more M. T @Marissat Dec 27 I want my time back! See more Read all reviews
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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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