Originally intended to be released by Sony Pictures, the film's rights were sold to Warner Bros. in April 2020.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Rogen's dual performance being praised.

One day, while working, he falls into a vat of pickles just as the factory is closed for health reasons, leaving Herschel brined for 100 years.

Ben bails them out of jail; however, he finds that he can't get investors for his app due to his new criminal record, so he disowns Herschel.

However, Ben tells health inspectors that Herschel has been using produce found in the trash bins, causing him to be fined $12,000.

Herschel is able to come back from this with the assistance of unpaid interns, causing his business to become even more popular and allowing him to refurbish the cemetery and remove the billboard.

[4] On May 29, 2013, it was announced that Sony Pictures had acquired the screen rights to the short story "Sell Out" by Rich.

[13] It was digitally released in the United States on HBO Max and Canada on VOD partner Crave on August 6, 2020.

The website's critics consensus reads, "An American Pickle lacks the tart snap viewers might expect given its creative premise, but Seth Rogen's dual performance makes this a low-key comedy to relish.

[21] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney said: "An American Pickle is neither the most substantial nor the most sophisticated comedy, but its soulful sweetness outweighs its flaws.

Meanwhile, director Brandon Trost, a longtime cinematographer for such Rogen films as Neighbors and The Interview, makes the mensch-on-mensch action seem as real as can be.

"[23] Owen Gleiberman of Variety called the film "too cantankerous to be funny and too preposterous to believe" and wrote that "An American Pickle, in its ethnically satirical and scattered way, lacks the integrity of its own ridiculousness.