Dina

Name: Dina
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 6, 2017
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Dina Buno, Scott Levin

2017

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Orchard, The | Release Date: October 6, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Dina Buno, Scott Levin

Summary: Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge. Scott freezes when itDina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge. Scott freezes when it comes to physical intimacy, and Dina, a Kardashians fanatic, wants nothing more than to share with Scott all she’s learned about sensual desire from books, TV shows, and her previous marriage. Her increasingly creative forays to draw Scott close keep hitting roadblocks—exposing anxieties, insecurities, and communication snafus while they strive to reconcile their conflicting approaches to romance and intimacy. [Sundance]… Expand

Director: Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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April Wolfe

Oct 4, 2017

Dina is a story about resilience and a woman’s indomitable will to seek out her best life. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Oct 6, 2017

The film doesn't feel or look like a documentary. It's a character-based piece, but the structure is carefully considered with a clear narrative thrust and an unusual style. Read full review

Peter Keough

Nov 9, 2017

Though he might be uncertain about sex, or even kissing and cuddling, Scott is an incurable romantic. And steadfastly loyal and kind. The value of that is made clear when the filmmakers disclose the full tragedy and horror of what Dina has gone through, and when he sings to her “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.” Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 31, 2017

The connection they share isn’t the kind that would pass for conventionally romantic, and yet, theirs is a compelling love story all the same — one the filmmakers follow with open minds, focusing on the lead-up to and days immediately following their wedding. Read full review

Gary Thompson

Oct 12, 2017

One of the movie’s goals is to grant neurodiverse subjects their full measure of humanity, and to that end, Dina is candid on the subject of sex, where the movie also finds its loose narrative arc. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Feb 1, 2017

Dina will certainly provide fodder for discussion on documentary ethics, but what I do appreciate is its simplicity. It invites us in, allowing us to not only eavesdrop but intimately connect with folks we may not otherwise get to know as we pass by them in Walmart or on the bus. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Oct 5, 2017

The filmmakers might have cleared up suspicions about their motivations and ethics had they worked them into the narrative. Read full review

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