Dinner in America

I tuned in for Kyle, who I have seen and liked in other things. The first half of this movie had me squirming, with the opening scene being particularly hard to watch; if you're squeamish you may want to avert your eyes. Also there is a LOT of profanity. It was hard for me to see all the ill-treatment that Patty endures in her daily life (what's in all those pill boxes anyway?) I thought, do I really need to see more of this? But by the halfway point I was thoroughly invested. The "dinner in America" scenes around the family table were a hoot-did anybody recognize their own childhood here? (Take it down a notch!) Throw Simon in the mix and the whole household is upended! But a touching tenderness develops when Patty and Simon discover their hidden relationship with each other. I feel like Patty could have ditched her meds after that: Simon is her new feel-good, and it's nice to see Patty shine like that.

Dinner In America is a heartwarming story about an unexpected relationship between two young adults, Patty and Simon. Despite it's rauchiness, it encapsulates the toughness of the world while simultaneously bringing happiness to light in a unique way. While it may not do it perfectly, it's a great film to watch between friends-From laughing to scrunching your nose at the questionable, this film will keep you interested to see what happens next. Although I had my doubts at the beginning of the movie, the ending was pleasantly surprising, as both characters share traits that one wouldn't expect at first glance.

The first 15 to 20 minutes struggled, with the cuts too sharp and the dialogue a little clunky. However, stick with it - once it got going it found a good pace with a light tone, comedic moments and some highlights that were genuinely touching. I didn't think it offered anything new in regards to the story (ultimately it's a bad boy and a 'weirdo girl') but it was so well done with thorough, fleshed out characters, that it was very hard to find anything to dislike about it. It felt genuine and, importantly, it offered something different to what gets churned out nowadays. Plus points for a catchy headline song as well.

Dinner in America, a interesting mix of a absurd comedy romance, filled with over the top characters and poking fun at everyone whilst it can. It's a fun and easy movie to watch, and flew by.

Directing was perfectly fine, it looks the part, colors are great and some scenes really stick out. Besides that it's fairly standard.

Story/writing/acting, this is the meat and potatoes of the movie and is where it is strongest, the writing with the oddball characters instantly made it interesting to me, the whole contrast of Simon versus Patty, and the family dinners scenes were great. It's writing borders on parody and it makes the movie a lot of fun, with some standout funny moments. It's not a typical comedy with a joke every few minutes, but it's a nice balance between the action, romance, and comedy aspects. The story in general was good, the ending decent though I thought the whole finale was wrapped up somewhat quick. I wish we spend a bit more time with them after the basement scene. Music is good too.

Acting is strong, Gallner shows again he can handle pretty much any role and is making me want to find more of his work, and Skeggs surprised me with her quirky, fun and endearing performance. Perfectly cast.

Fun and quirky movie that went under the radar.

Always a joy when low expectations yield joyous results. This is simply wonderful. Something to offend everyone. A junkie arsonist punk singer trashes a bunch of people's lives, encounters a socially stunted chick being bullied, wants to use her for his own ends, slowly discovers she is more like him than he realises and they fall in love. Zero sentimental crap and a bizarre happy ending.

This is close to zero budget and with a cast of no names. No requirement for explosions or car crashes. Well written script with real characters. Dripping with vicious sarcasm. Wonderful. More please. I loved this so much.