2016 · drama
American Honey
Directed by Andrea Arnold2h 43m2016
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.
Our read: American Honey (2016) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- signature
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