A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest wit... Read allA teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 13 wins & 43 nominations total
Crystal Ice
- Katness
- (as Crystal B. Ice)
Veronica Ezell
- QT
- (as Verronikah Ezell)
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- TriviaDirector Andrea Arnold wanted to work with unknown actors. She would often approach teenagers on the street whom she thought would be good for the movie, and hold impromptu auditions in parking lots.
- GoofsWhen Star reacts to stepping into the pool of blood in the field next to the road, she removes her satchel. The satchel reappears in its original position towards the end of the scene.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits, after the lead actor names, consist of a list of names, alphabetized by first name, with no indication of whether they are crew or cast -- no job titles or character names. And there are no opening credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 16 October 2016 (2016)
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Written by Wale (as Olubowale Victor Akantimehin), Trey Songz (as Tremaine Neverson), Dr. Luke (as Lukasz Gottwald), Jacob Kasher (as Jacob Kasher Hindlin), Cirkut (as Henry Russell Walter), Ethan Lowery and Juicy J (as Jordan Houston)
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Performed by Juicy J featuring Wale and Trey Songz
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The frustrating workings of American Honey make for a tedious yet beautiful watch.
American Honey follows a young woman as she embarks on a road trip of sorts with a bunch of hippies as they try to swindle their lives away in hopes of living in the purest of utopias. It is an indie film through and through. Everything from the story to the look reeks of an independent production which really intrigued me from the minute American Honey started. Despite this everlasting and enthralling feeling of watching pure art in the way of the indie eye as seen through director Andrea Arnold, I can't help but shake the feeling that this film could have been more. To start off, there really isn't anything terrible or bad about the film outside of its indulging and bloated running time of close to 3 hours. The acting is great, the cinematography is amazing, the soundtrack is arguably perfect and the story (while being paper thin) is acceptable. The biggest enemy the film has is itself. The editing is probably my biggest issue with the film because it ends up damaging the story through this overbearing and extremely indulgent pacing. At times, there are moments where the film is unrelenting. You can't wait to see what happens next. Then there are other moments that move so slow that you question whether or not to get up and stretch your legs. It ends up being a very frustrating film to watch because anyone can see that there is an undeniable masterpiece underneath the running time. A timeless story of youth and innocence is lost in a barrage of fire pit songs, drug fueled rage and useless character traits that end up being lost or muddled in, what felt like, an assembly cut of the film. Despite this, Andrea Arnold has a very keen eye and a natural ability to make her characters feel real even if the film is as boring as the average person. Whether or not this is what Andrea Arnold was going for, I have no idea. Overall, American Honey is a film that will most certainly test the patience of its audience but those who are fans of Arnold's Fish Tank, or just simply fans of character studies or coming of age stories, American Honey will certainly leave you feeling satisfied.
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- Sep 5, 2016
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $663,246
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $71,203
- Oct 2, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $2,888,927
- Runtime2 hours 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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