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- 2016
- R
- A24
- 2 h 43 m
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 2 h 43 m
Summary Star (Sasha Lane), a teenage girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling magazine subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group's lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law-bending days...
Directed By: Andrea Arnold
Written By: Ian Urbina
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 2 h 43 m
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 2 h 43 m
American Honey
80
7.0
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Summary Star (Sasha Lane), a teenage girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling magazine subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group's lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law-bending days...
Directed By: Andrea Arnold
Written By: Ian Urbina
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
80
79% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
19% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
80
79% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
19% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The film slowly, slowly blossoms into an emotional wildflower by the end, leaving us with a scene that is kind of spontaneous road baptism, an unsure note of spiritual birth.
It’s visually astonishing and often devastating, too. This might be the freshest film about young people in America since Larry Clark’s Kids.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 117 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
25% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 117 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
25% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Wow! This movie is way more entertaining than you would expect from a low energy road film, but between the cinematography, acting, and plot it blew me away. The realness of the acting allowed me to vicariously join the cast on an epic road trip that was both over the top and completely realistic! On top of that, a great soundtrack pulls you in and leaves you hoping it will never end. When it does draw to a close you will have bonded with the characters and may find yourself wishing them well, until you remember it was only a film. I don't know why this movie wasn't more widely acclaimed, but I do recommend it to anyone who will listen.
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This might be the most profound movie I have seen all year. Andrea Arnold perfectly captures the mythology of The American Dream in this layered, multi-faceted, hypnotic, fluid, dreamlike masterpiece. The cinematography and color palette for the film are top notch. Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf's performances are out of this world. This movie is at the same time a sprawling epic and a low energy road trip movie. I've honestly seen nothing like it. The closest thing I can compare this to is "The Deer Hunter" but American Honey is something else entirely. In a word, it is transcendent. I had read that at this year's Cannes Festival, when American Honey did not win, the crowd stood up and booed. I can see why. Oscar contender for sure.
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If you think LaBeouf is a joke, you need to see him here. There’s wildness there, but acting centers him. He’s magnetizing.
An easy-going gem that is at times funny, at times heartbreaking, at times scary -- but always, unfailingly engaging.
Ironically, the film itself is as gentle and unexploitative as they come. Yes, it deserves the rating, and yes, it depicts teenagers doing things the grown-ups would rather not admit they actually do, but it does so with a poetic curiosity and a sense of what it’s like to be young, poor, and rootless — both future-less and free.
It's a bold film, full of energy and spunk, but a patchy, half-formed, rambling one too.
The characters are despicable and insufferable, but worse yet, interchangeable and not particularly interesting.
Andrea Arnold found truthful and beautiful characters in real people, and allowed us to share in an actual road trip of moments in their life. The aspect ratio of the film gives a personalized experience. The soundtrack inspired me to literally dance in the theatre throughout the movie. Sasha and Shia show some real chemistry, and when Mazzy Star drops while their in the car, it literally gave my entire body chills. This movie made me feel something while watching it, and the feeling has stayed with me for hours. To me the experience of watching this film is comparable to the moment when you are dancing, and you completely let yourself go, and allow yourself to get lost in the moment. It's a moment when nothing else matters. A car ride with the friends you love, while singing a song that resonates with everyone in the car. Go see this film, you won't be disappointed. Hats off to the director, cast and crew.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Zugedröhnte Ausreißer auf einem Selbstfindungs-Roadtrip quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten: Die Prämisse von American Honey ist eine Mischung aus Kids und Into the Wild. Andrea Arnolds überlanger Coming-of-Age-Film ist dabei zwar genauso authentisch wie Larry Clarks Jugendporträt, misst jedoch die philosophisch-existenzielle Tiefe von Sean Penns Aussteiger-Meisterwerk. In American Honey schaut man wirklich nur eher uninteressanten Kids beim Partymachen zu, während wunderschöne Bilder und ein treibender Soundtrack immerhin einen gewissen cineastischen Rausch erzeugen. Wirklich stark ist American Honey aber nur beim Fokus auf die turbulente Beziehung der beiden Hauptfiguren. Wenn die kesse Star (etwas nervig: Sasha Lane) und der undurchsichtige Jake (richtig gut: Shia LaBeouf) sich raufen, lieben oder völlig ignorieren, ist American Honey so rastlos-verträumt, wie er eigentlich die ganzen 163 Filmminuten sein sollte.
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The worst road movie i´ve ever seen.almost 3 hours of nothing... nice colours, a lot of hand recording that makes it look like a mockumentary ( which in this case its cool and looks great in the movie) but besides that the constant sensation of "something really bad its going to happen" but nothing happens at all its very dissapointing.
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Brutally dull render of an American adventure flick that seems to think that the stoned, teenage, mall crowd is holding a profound secret. Like The Beach before it, they seek the simple pleasures in life: sex, freedom, and insobriety. Each character is some jackass you've seen before, hanging out, smoking a blunt, saying something stupid, except for Shia Labeouf. He's a special kind of grime. Someone meant to be seen as an attractive free-spirit who instead comes off as filthy, smarmy, and disingenuous. A nauseating combination. In real life I imagine Shia sees this character as his actual kindred spirit, his ora. He isn't grown up enough, or perhaps is too insulated by his own fame and inexperience, to tell that stoned, drunken, extroverted, know-it-alls are one of society's most repellant products.
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Production Company
Maven Pictures,
Film4,
KC Film Office,
British Film Institute (BFI),
Protagonist Pictures,
Parts and Labor,
Pulse Films,
ManDown Pictures
Release Date Sep 30, 2016
Duration 2 h 43 m
Rating R
Tagline Optimistic and just plain beautiful. A film for this generation!
Website
http://americanhoneymovie.com/
Awards
British Independent Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 6 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 5 Nominations
