Sew Torn

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Sew Torn

2025

1h 35m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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Barbara Duggen, 'The Mobile Seamstress', is struggling to keep her fabric shop alive. After a botched sewing appointment sets her on a quest to replace her client's lost button, she unexpectedly stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. Faced with two downed motorcyclists, guns, and a briefcase -- Barbara is completely torn. She is forced to pick between three choices: commit the perfect crime, call the police, or drive away. The narrative presents the repercussions of all three decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case's owner. Using thread to free herself, Barbara stops at nothing to save her store.

Critics Consensus

Stitching together different outcomes of the same premise into an intriguing whole, Sew Torn is an inventive and promising feature debut from writer-director Freddy Macdonald.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jun 12

Very clever, but I've seen this story a few hundred times in my life.

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

05/09/2025

3/4

“Sew Torn” isn’t a genre exercise, not really. It’s more of an off-kilter riff on the familiar.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

05/06/2025

3/5

Macdonald nestles Run Lola Run’s loop-like structure inside a cozy crime thriller, the type that comes heavily armed with a sense of whimsy, if a bit subdued.

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

Oct 31

3/5

...turned out to be a real delight to watch. It’s difficult to explain exactly why this movie works so well, but it’s obviously the combination of the plot, its execution, and the actors bringing it all together.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Jul 16

4/5

Sew Torn is creative and original, visually vibrant and stimulating, whimsical and a bit quirky, and quite entertaining and fun, with everything perfectly threaded through the cinematic needle to create a fabulous tapestry.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Jun 20

3/5

The quirks of this slightly fantastical black-comedy crime thriller are many, varied, and messily disjointed. But there’s a delicious oddness to its unpredictability and its spin on familiar tropes.

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Virginia L

@Vwlpaige May 5

Funny and full of action. Seemingly ordinary young seamstress finds herself in wildly dangerous situations and saves herself with her thread skills. This movie held my attention because it was never obvious what was coming next. Well acted and great fun!

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Sal D

@JustTheLaw May 3

While an impressive debut for Freddy Macdonald, the script of Sew Torn because a worn out thread by the middle of Act 2, and the novelty becomes a distracting gimmick. Still worthy of watching because this is the director's first film....but probably only for cinephile.

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Miles W

@milesinuk Apr 11

Just ridiculous. Makes no sense. Silly nonsense.

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David C

@RT34411866 Apr 6

I really would avoid wasting your time with this movie. Unless you like outlandish scenarios,drawn out plots and laughable Macgyverisms. It was not for me.

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John D

@johndoe Apr 1

I like the multiple different paths the movie can take, but the girl being the Macgyver of seamstresses was pretty dumb.

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Tyler P.

@TylerPhoenixMD Mar 25

Super cool! This movie is a breath of fresh air! Really good story telling, suspense and solid acting. A story told in three parts and each part is better than the last!

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Synopsis

Barbara Duggen, 'The Mobile Seamstress', is struggling to keep her fabric shop alive. After a botched sewing appointment sets her on a quest to replace her client's lost button, she unexpectedly stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. Faced with two downed motorcyclists, guns, and a briefcase -- Barbara is completely torn. She is forced to pick between three choices: commit the perfect crime, call the police, or drive away. The narrative presents the repercussions of all three decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case's owner. Using thread to free herself, Barbara stops at nothing to save her store.

Director: Freddy Macdonald
Producer: Fred Macdonald, Barry Navidi, Sebastian Klinger, Diamantis Zavitsanos, Socratis Zavitsanos
Screenwriter: Freddy Macdonald, Fred Macdonald
Distributor: Sunrise Films
Production Co: Macdonald Entertainment Partners, Barry Navidi Productions, ORISONO
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2025
Runtime: 1h 35m