Dinner in America

A movie with anti-establishment anti-social quicksilver coursing through its veins, but at its heart it is a sweet love story, one of the sweetest in recent memory.

“Dinner in America” delivers on surprise and explosiveness, but much of its offensive language, both racist and homophobic, feels gratuitous in a film that might have otherwise landed as an offbeat love story.

There’s much to enjoy here.

Despite the careful 1990s period details, this is a bruising and welcome riposte to John Hughes' 1980s teen movies.

A spirited, odd-ball comedy...I'll have this in hard rotation, and what a great double-bill this would make with Howard the Duck...

This sweet romcom is buoyed up by the chemistry between its leads.

Dinner in America is the rare film that doesn’t sand down its subject: punk rock.

Punk rebellion reigns here, and you better be prepared for some quite nasty scenes.

Simultaneously aggressive and tender, an adorable little punk rock coming of age comedy. Consistently been one of my top recommends since catching it back at Sundance 2020.

On paper, this edgy indie romcom about folks on the fringes has been done before, but in practice, the humane performances (and especially a transfixing musical moment) make it something special.