The Dish & The Spoon (2012)
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58% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(135 ratings)
Devastated by the news of her husband's affair and convulsed by waves of grief and rage, twenty something Rose (Greta Gerwig)-vengeful, a bit unhinged, and still clad in her pajama bottoms-drives to a sleepy seaside town in Delaware intent on finding her spouse's lover. Climbing into an old… More Devastated by the news of her husband's affair and convulsed by waves of grief and rage, twenty something Rose (Greta Gerwig)-vengeful, a bit unhinged, and still clad in her pajama bottoms-drives to a sleepy seaside town in Delaware intent on finding her spouse's lover. Climbing into an old lighthouse on the beach to swill a six-pack of beer, Rose stumbles upon a sleeping British teenager (Olly Alexander) whom she wakes and insists on taking somewhere. Stranded by some unknown party, the chatty, ludicrously attired youth accompanies Rose to a brewery where "the other woman" was recently employed and then to her parents' summer getaway house, slowly attuning to her anguish. As the grey winter days roll by, the mismatched pair embark on a series of frolicsome adventures-English dance lessons, role-playing in public-that bring them into closer quarters, igniting a bittersweet, perhaps imaginary romance. -- (C) Alison Bagnall
- Directed By
- Alison Bagnall
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 10, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Screen Media Ventures
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Beautifully photographed, "The Dish & the Spoon" is awash in images of rain-soaked streets and gray wintry skies.
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Eric Hynes, Village Voice
For once, an American indie's muted modesty at least makes emotional sense, suiting a bittersweet romance that, by nature, has neither a name nor a future.
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Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Bagnall successfully exploits the seriocomic disparity between the supercharged relationship offscreen and the desultory one onscreen.
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John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Gerwig handles her character's extreme mood swings with finesse.
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Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix
Director Alison Bagnall crafts a model independent film, a miniature story told with feeling and humor...
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Cast
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Greta Gerwig
as Rose
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Olly Alexander
as The Boy
- Eleonore Hendricks
- Amy Seimetz
- Adam Rothenberg
