American Honey was my favourite film of 2016. It's a fuckin hard sell though when you're describing it to someone. A 163 minute long movie about teenagers selling magazine subscriptions in middle America. A description that would put anyone off watching quite frankly but director Andrea Arnold pulls off a miracle and creates a masterpiece. A dark, vivid shot in the arm. A depressing, dark, dangerous but life affirming story of America's lost and alienated youth.
Star (Sasha Lane) is a young girl going nowhere fast in a small Oklahoma town. She spends her time looking after her two younger siblings and her father is a sleazy piece of shit. She spies a way out when she meets a group of young sales people and is offered a chance at seeing America and making some money on the way. The below scene is the moment she gets hooked by a glimpse at a freedom she's never experienced.
And adventure she gets. In spades. Goddamnit it's a brilliant film. Lane in her debut role rocks it and LaBeouf, an actor fast turning into one of the most interesting and eclectic of his generation amazes.
Magazine selling. Who knew.
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