Overview

• Americana, Tony Tost’s crime-Western starring Sydney Sweeney, launched a limited U.S. release on August 15 with a plot driven by a search for a sacred Lakota ghost shirt.
• Early reviews have given the film an 83% Rotten Tomatoes critics score, down from its perfect festival tally as more critics weighed in.
• Critics praise standout performances by Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser while faulting the film’s uneven tone and familiar narrative beats.
• Sydney Sweeney broke her two-week social-media silence on August 13 to share behind-the-scenes photos and joined co-stars on the red carpet to promote Americana.
• American Eagle defended its “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign after critics accused the tagline of carrying racial undertones.