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  • 2012
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  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 32 m
The Dish & the Spoon

Summary The romantic comedy follows Rose, whose life changes after discovering her husband’s affair. She later crosses paths with a marooned teenager in a boarded-up Delaware beach town and begins a delicate friendship. What ensues is a poignant and touching journey to that is remembered well after the credits roll. (Screen Media Films)

Directed By: Alison Bagnall

Written By: Olly Alexander, Greta Gerwig, Andrew Lewis, Alison Bagnall

  • 2012
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 32 m

The Dish & the Spoon

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The romantic comedy follows Rose, whose life changes after discovering her husband’s affair. She later crosses paths with a marooned teenager in a boarded-up Delaware beach town and begins a delicate friendship. What ensues is a poignant and touching journey to that is remembered well after the credits roll. (Screen Media Films)

Directed By: Alison Bagnall

Written By: Olly Alexander, Greta Gerwig, Andrew Lewis, Alison Bagnall

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
Feb 9, 2012
This wisp of a movie doesn't pretend to be more than a series of disconnected vignettes in a moody story that sometimes seems invented on the spot. The boy, for all his eccentricities, is a healing spirit who, without realizing it, gives Rose the fortitude to face her problems and resume her old life, for better or for worse.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 7, 2012
The Dish and The Spoon boasts the efficiency and tidiness of early American indies like Rob Nilsson's "Heat and Sunlight," while it relocates its foreign film-like emotional landscapes to more native climes.
By Sara Maria Vizcarrondo FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 7, 2012
For once, an American indie's muted modesty at least makes emotional sense, suiting a bittersweet romance that, by nature, has neither a name nor a future.
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70
Feb 7, 2012
Gerwig, charmingly unflappable in "Greenberg," lets it all hang out here, unafraid to sacrifice likability to over-the-top hysteria as someone who cannot control herself, despite a lingering sense of her own absurdity. Alexander proves a worthily understated foil, his self-deprecatory whimsy recalling that of a young Johnny Depp.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 7, 2012
A convincingly tender drama thanks to the presence of star Greta Gerwig.
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38
Feb 7, 2012
Doesn't waste a moment on recognizable reality, consumed as it is with checking off various items from its list of clichés.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Feb 10, 2012
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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