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The Dish & the Spoon

2011 · 1h 30m · R Drama
Directed by Alison Bagnall

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Two wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles of the happy relationships that elude them in reality. Greta Gerwig and Olly Alexander deliver beautifully-tuned comic performances in their portrayal of young adults learning to cope with the unavoidable perils of emotional dependency.

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58%
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Fresh

Beautifully photographed, "The Dish & the Spoon" is awash in images of rain-soaked streets and gray wintry skies.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Eric Hynes, Village Voice
Fresh

Bagnall successfully exploits the seriocomic disparity between the supercharged relationship offscreen and the desultory one onscreen.

Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Fresh

Gerwig handles her character's extreme mood swings with finesse.

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

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