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2020
R
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 28 m

2020
R
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 28 m

Summary April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candida...

Comedy

Directed By: Benjamin Kasulke

Written By: Hannah Marks, Joey Power

2020
R
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 28 m

2020
R
Vertical Entertainment
1 h 28 m

Banana Split

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

63

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

4.9

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Summary April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candida...

Comedy

Directed By: Benjamin Kasulke

Written By: Hannah Marks, Joey Power

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
10 Reviews

33% Mixed
5 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
10 Reviews

33% Mixed
5 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Mar 26, 2020

What makes Banana Split, so astonishing is its story—written by the film’s star Hannah Marks and co-writer Joey Power. The script is fearless, and the four members of this love triangle (I know) are brilliantly created and well-developed characters.

By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW

Mar 26, 2020

Bolstered by a thoughtful script and beautifully authentic performances, Banana Split provides a fresh take on the coming-of-age romantic comedy.

By Hannah Hoolihan FULL REVIEW

Mar 27, 2020

Make it through the first 10 minutes. It’s just the film warming up. The rest of it flows.

By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Mar 26, 2020

Regardless of how far audience members are from their own post-high school, pre-college summer like these teens, there’s still truth and plenty of laughter here that feels specific to their experience yet universal to anyone who’s had a BFF.

By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW

Mar 24, 2020

There’s nothing deep in this Banana Split, nothing remotely moving or profound. But Marks (TV’s “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) and Liberato (“If I Stay”) let us believe these two would connect, push each other’s buttons and bruise each other, and in just that way — just not in the way the title implies.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Mar 26, 2020

Is Banana Split an empty indulgence or a comfortingly familiar confection? Probably both.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

Jun 4, 2020

There is no law that says a movie like this has to be funny exactly, and it needn’t be something in the style of Booksmart – but there is something rather solemn about it.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

29% Positive
2 Ratings

57% Mixed
4 Ratings

14% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

29% Positive
2 Ratings

57% Mixed
4 Ratings

14% Negative
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company American High, Burn Later Productions, LD Entertainment

Release Date Mar 27, 2020

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating R

Genres

Comedy

Website http://www.americanhigh.com/

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Awards

Woods Hole Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Independent Film Festival of Boston

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Vail Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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