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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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Kristy Puchko

Mashable

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.

Aug 29, 2025

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 29, 2025

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

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

Rated: C-

Mar 12, 2025

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

The plot of this thriller isn't very thrilling, but the situation and characters, and the ways in which the problematic internet content affects them, are enough to give this a look.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 4, 2025

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

“American Sweatshop” isn’t always a cohesive endeavor, teasing genre turns and skating over a more direct understanding of the business, but it offers a unique overview of a mental decline, which is capably captured in Lili Reinhart’s lead performance.

Rated: B

Aug 30, 2025

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

It’s realistic in all the darkest and most sinister ways because it focuses on all the terrible videos shared on social media. Even after reading the plot, the full impact of this story only really hit me as I watched it unfold.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 29, 2025

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Alyssa D

On the edge of my seat the entire time. Suspenseful, thought-provoking, original.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/25

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Selena C

This movie blew me away. I'm a Riverdale fan and wanted to support Lili but I didn't expect it to stay with me as much as it has. I wasn't familiar with content moderation at all but since I've watched it I've read all about it and it's truly such a dark job. American Sweatshop could have just focused on all the effed up content out there and it still would have been interesting, but the focus was on Daisy's (Lili's) individual reaction to one specific video and the rabbit hole she went down thinking about it. I won't give it away, but you do NOT expect what happens — I can guarantee it (sorry to all the YouTube commenter who are convinced they know what's gunna happen!) I don't know if this is a horror movie, a psychological thriller or a drama, but I do know Lili Reinhart was unbelievably good and more people should watch and talk about this!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Rose C

Worth a watch for sure — great performances and interesting story.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Maddy N

This movie was pretty unique in subject matter and in tone too. It's not really a thriller. More of a drama with scary moments. And it was funnier than expected.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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James M

Saw this at SXSW and absolutely loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Uta Briesewitz

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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.

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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