'An American Pickle' may have Seth Rogen playing two roles, but this fish-outta-water comedy only half works, says Peter Travers. Our review
Before it hits a bump in the plot that throws it out of whack,, with the brash comedian plays dual roles separated by a century. The first is Herschel Greenbaum, a ditch-digger from the fictional Eastern European shtetl of Schlupsk circa 1919, and who sports a Tevye beard that makes him look ready to belt out “If I Were a Rich Man.” Herschel is in love with Sarah , a headstrong beauty who has all her teeth, quite the rarity in Schlupsk.
The briny time jump, which preserves Herschel — plus his beard, his vintage shtetl wear, and his stubborn old-world attitudes — allows for a hilarious and deceptively subversive culture clash. Herschel loses media steam as a modern miracle when scientists explain him away in terms indecipherable to short attention spans . That leaves him in the care of his only living relative: A faith-challenged, great-grandson named Ben , whose spacious Williamsburg apartment leaves Herschel agog.
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