Dinner in America
- 2020
- 1h 46m
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.
- Awards
- 14 wins & 6 nominations
Shelby Alayne Antel
- Nikki
- (as Shelby Antel)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Watermelon" was written for the film as a collaboration between Emily Skeggs (Patty) and writer/director Adam Rehmeier. On their second day in Detroit, Rehmeier had Skeggs write stream-of-consciousness poetry as her character, and they created and recorded the song in a day.
- SoundtracksIt's Sad to Belong
Performed by Dan Seals (as England Dan) & John Ford Coley
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Featured review
Profane but adorable "romcom"
Adam Rehmeier's comedy/drama about a misanthropic musician who falls for a socially awkward girl starts off plenty profane but ultimately proves to be a winning romance between two different kind of loners.
Simon (Kyle Gallner) is the rebellious indie punk rocker (we see him torching someone's lawn after a family date dinner gone wrong early in the proceedings) - who somehow shacks up with Patty (Emily Skeggs) , a good natured but awkward, frumpy and socially inept girl. As they have a series of misadventures together, Simon helps Emily to stand up for herself, while getting her whole family to mellow down and do pot; along the way, he also finds out that Patty is his anonymous admirer (Simon has an underground gig as the leader of a punk band).
Emily Skeggs is adorable as the regularly put-upon Patty, and slowly, she in turn brings out the better side of Simon. Although Simon is portrayed as an expletive-spewing anti-social dick, his character's more human side emerges by the end of the movie. Pic is a real charmer, with a beating heart of gold. There are also some good indie/rock/ metal numbers near the end, such as the titular "Dinner in America", and Patty's rendition of "Fuxx-em--all". I would hesitate to recommend this to anyone easily offended (especially by foul language), but if one were to "take it down a notch" and sit this movie through, you'd be rewarded with a sweet and winning film.
Simon (Kyle Gallner) is the rebellious indie punk rocker (we see him torching someone's lawn after a family date dinner gone wrong early in the proceedings) - who somehow shacks up with Patty (Emily Skeggs) , a good natured but awkward, frumpy and socially inept girl. As they have a series of misadventures together, Simon helps Emily to stand up for herself, while getting her whole family to mellow down and do pot; along the way, he also finds out that Patty is his anonymous admirer (Simon has an underground gig as the leader of a punk band).
Emily Skeggs is adorable as the regularly put-upon Patty, and slowly, she in turn brings out the better side of Simon. Although Simon is portrayed as an expletive-spewing anti-social dick, his character's more human side emerges by the end of the movie. Pic is a real charmer, with a beating heart of gold. There are also some good indie/rock/ metal numbers near the end, such as the titular "Dinner in America", and Patty's rendition of "Fuxx-em--all". I would hesitate to recommend this to anyone easily offended (especially by foul language), but if one were to "take it down a notch" and sit this movie through, you'd be rewarded with a sweet and winning film.
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- Jun 2, 2021
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $22,394
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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