Storyline
Star, 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.
Cast: Sasha Lane -
Star
Shia LaBeouf -
Jake
Riley Keough -
Krystal
McCaul Lombardi -
Corey
Arielle Holmes -
Pagan
Crystal Ice -
Katness
(as Crystal B. Ice)
Veronica Ezell -
QT
(as Verronikah Ezell)
Chad Cox -
Billy
(as Chad McKenzie Cox)
Garry Howell -
Austin
Kenneth Kory Tucker -
Sean
Raymond Coalson -
JJ
Isaiah Stone -
Kalium
Dakota Powers -
Runt
Shawna Rae Moseley -
Shaunte
Chris Wright -
Riley
(as Christopher David Wright)
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Rating: 6/10
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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