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The American Meme

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The American Meme

2018

1h 30m

Documentary

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

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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

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

Dec 18, 2018

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Naomi Fry

The New Yorker

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.

Dec 10, 2018

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

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

Nov 16, 2018

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

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.

Jun 4, 2019

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

An engaging documentary that deserves your 'likes'.

Rated: 6/10

Jan 12, 2019

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Rachel Leishman

The Mary Sue

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

Rated: 4/5

Dec 21, 2018

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Hannah R

Amazing, before its time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Alexandria M

Bunch of washed up hacks trying to remain in the spotlight lmao Pam will always be the bigger woman

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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David F

I'm sorry… I just can't bear to give any stars to anything that loves Paris Hilton as much as this documentary does.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/22

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Audience Member

So sad. Can’t wait till these morons are all old and realize their life was empty from the getgo. For all the dumb millions of followers there’s a trillion intelligent ones that don’t buy into it and don’t know who these immature American frat boys and bimbo dumb asses are.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/13/18

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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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