American Honey
A rebellious teenager joins a roaming magazine-sales crew and searches for freedom, intimacy, and a self-defined future across the American Midwest.
Overview
A teenage girl finds freedom and chaos on a cross-country adventure with a band of misfits.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- restless
- dreamy
- witty
- reflective evening
- road movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an unconventional and visually expansive coming-of-age road movie anchored by Sasha Lane, while acknowledging that its loose narrative does not fully resolve every thread.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Star and the magazine-selling crew move through low-income environments while pursuing temporary income and autonomy.
The crew continually travels across the Midwest in a van, with loosely connected sales assignments and interpersonal episodes.
The film crosses Midwestern towns, hotels, wealthy homes, fireworks, highways, and impoverished communities as part of its social tapestry.
Star's close emotional experience is set against broad roadside and Midwestern imagery during the crew's travels.
Films like American Honey, and why
Fish Tank
shared coming-of-age drama, road movie structure, economic precarity, and intimate focus on a young woman seeking independence
The Florida Project
shared youthful alienation, socioeconomic hardship, restless travel, and unconventional coming-of-age storytelling
Wendy and Lucy
shared road movie energy, outsider youth, loose episodic narrative, and vivid Americana atmosphere
Rocks
shared rebellious young characters, romantic uncertainty, and naturalistic portraits of marginal lives
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrea Arnold
- Release Date
- 2016-09-30
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (954)
Cast
- Sasha Lane
- Shia LaBeouf
- Riley Keough
- Arielle Holmes
- McCaul Lombardi
- Crystal Ice
- Veronica Ezell
- Raymond Coalson
- Garry Howell
- Chad Cox
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is American Honey about?
- A rebellious teenager joins a roaming magazine-sales crew and searches for freedom, intimacy, and a self-defined future across the American Midwest.
- What is American Honey like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of American Honey as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is American Honey violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in American Honey as mild.
- What did critics think of American Honey?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an unconventional and visually expansive coming-of-age road movie anchored by Sasha Lane, while acknowledging that its loose narrative does not fully resolve every thread.
- Which films are like American Honey?
- Films with a similar feel include Fish Tank, The Florida Project, Wendy and Lucy, and Rocks.
- How long is American Honey?
- American Honey runs 163 minutes.
- Where can I watch American Honey?
- In United States, American Honey is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
