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Sew Torn

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Barbara Duggen, 'The Mobile Seamstress', is struggling to keep her fabric shop alive. After a botched sewing appointment sets her on a quest to replace her client's lost button, she unexpectedly stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. Faced with two downed motorcyclists, guns, and a briefcase -- Barbara is completely torn. She is forced to pick between three choices: commit the perfect crime, call the police, or drive away. The narrative presents the repercussions of all three decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case's owner. Using thread to free herself, Barbara stops at nothing to save her store.
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Stitching together different outcomes of the same premise into an intriguing whole, Sew Torn is an inventive and promising feature debut from writer-director Freddy Macdonald.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) Jun 12
Very clever, but I've seen this story a few hundred times in my life. Go to Full Review
Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com May 9
3/4
“Sew Torn” isn’t a genre exercise, not really. It’s more of an off-kilter riff on the familiar. Go to Full Review
Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting May 6
3/5
Macdonald nestles Run Lola Run’s loop-like structure inside a cozy crime thriller, the type that comes heavily armed with a sense of whimsy, if a bit subdued. Go to Full Review
Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror Oct 31
3/5
...turned out to be a real delight to watch. It’s difficult to explain exactly why this movie works so well, but it’s obviously the combination of the plot, its execution, and the actors bringing it all together. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Jul 16
4/5
Sew Torn is creative and original, visually vibrant and stimulating, whimsical and a bit quirky, and quite entertaining and fun, with everything perfectly threaded through the cinematic needle to create a fabulous tapestry. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Jun 20
3/5
The quirks of this slightly fantastical black-comedy crime thriller are many, varied, and messily disjointed. But there’s a delicious oddness to its unpredictability and its spin on familiar tropes. Go to Full Review
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Bill T. @btreakle 2d “Sew Torn”And eve Connelly it’s a pretty good movie it had some twists and turns and several possible outcomes at the end of the movie would have needed force to end. No I have never personally China will be by eternally before she doesn’t really good job in this one here and even though most of the ratings averaged about 6.0 I’m going to give this one 7 out of 10  stars.Is it will be about once shelters starting dire situations and how you react situations.and I highly recommend this film. See more Robert C @Rconroy Jan 11 This was a waste of time. Very strange. See more Kyle M Jan 9 Writer-director Freddy Macdonald’s advantageous expansion for his short film enabled thematic enlargement, intellectually executed and thematically expressed in regard to weighing decision-making through layered, moderately performed character study. (B+) See more Sam D. @ToiletGMR Jan 9 Who paid off the people rating this film? See more Gilles D @GillesDeSuisse Jan 5 Long time i didn't have so much fun. Wasn't expecting anything, just watched it because it was good rated. 1st, Landscape, Switzerland, love it. 2nd, good story, lot of surprises, very fun 3rd and last, more surprises. Really good See more John P. @juanarto Jan 1 An absolute delight from beginning to end. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Barbara Duggen, 'The Mobile Seamstress', is struggling to keep her fabric shop alive. After a botched sewing appointment sets her on a quest to replace her client's lost button, she unexpectedly stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. Faced with two downed motorcyclists, guns, and a briefcase -- Barbara is completely torn. She is forced to pick between three choices: commit the perfect crime, call the police, or drive away. The narrative presents the repercussions of all three decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case's owner. Using thread to free herself, Barbara stops at nothing to save her store.
Director
Freddy Macdonald
Producer
Fred Macdonald, Barry Navidi, Sebastian Klinger, Diamantis Zavitsanos, Socratis Zavitsanos
Screenwriter
Freddy Macdonald, Fred Macdonald
Distributor
Sunrise Films
Production Co
Macdonald Entertainment Partners, Barry Navidi Productions, ORISONO
Genre
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 13, 2025
Runtime
1h 35m
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