‘Americana’: Sydney Sweeny’s Other Currently Playing Movie

The principal weakness of neo-Western “Americana” is its insistence on presenting characters a tad too colorful to be fully believable.

Penny Jo (Sydney Sweeney) prepares herself for Nashville in "Americana." Lionsgate

R | 1h 47m | Neo-Western, Crime-Thriller, Comedy | 2025

“Americana” is the weak left jab that set up Sydney Sweeney’s one-two film-combo, the right-cross power-punch of which was “Eden.” All of it was preceded by her ring-announcer-like American Eagle jeans modeling ad. As legendary dee-jay Wolfman Jack would have said (with reverb), “Sydney Sweeney is everywhere-where-where-where!”