@REEL_DEAL2025-12-07 14:00 UTC
If American History X was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
1998 · Crime / Drama
American History X
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED15%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED21%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
TOTAL LEDGER ENTRIES FOR THIS TITLE · 0 · LIVE
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ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
1998
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Crime / Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-04 08:00 UTC
Watched American History X so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-17 12:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, American History X would settle the national debt.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-08 20:00 UTC
American History X confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
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r/movies · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.2k points
Unpopular opinion: American History X is the most overrated film of the decade
Director clearly thought American History X was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 1.4k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in American History X actually is?
Honestly, American History X would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/TrueFilm · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.6k points
Hot Take: American History X's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the American History X performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 0.6k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in American History X?
Rewatched American History X last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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