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American Honey

2016 · 2h 43m · R Drama
Directed by Andrea Arnold

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Overview

A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, risky hustles, and fleeting romances, she searches for freedom and belonging on the open road.

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79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

It's bold, captivating cinema, with a soundtrack that threatens to never leave your head.

Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
Rotten

At nearly three hours, "American Honey" is the most indulgent movie of the year, and the one in most need of a serious trim. It makes its point early on and then keeps repeating it until the honey turns sour.

Adam Graham, Detroit News
Fresh

Writer-director Andrea Arnold artfully sets love against money and manages one of the best endings in recent memory.

Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
Rotten

Too long by at least an hour, American Honey is a movie that would have had more to say if it said less. It is ultimately like a Jim Jarmusch movie without a sense of humour.

Jim Slotek, Toronto Sun
Fresh

In the hands of British writer/director Andrea Arnold, one of the most talented women making movies today, the film has a lusty primal quality that is threatening and hard to resist.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

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