American Honey
A24 | Release Date: September 30, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyMay 20, 2016
While American Honey exudes ample energy, this episodic piece doesn’t muster much narrative drive over its daunting running time of two and three quarter hours. There’s probably a stronger, tighter film in here, but fair game at least to Arnold in her commitment to following the winding back roads of filmic experiment rather than the well-mapped highway of storytelling. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMay 20, 2016
It's a bold film, full of energy and spunk, but a patchy, half-formed, rambling one too. Read full review
50
Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanDec 1, 2021
Andrea Arnold is an exciting director who knows how to create a thick patina of realism within which female protagonists stoically pursue improvement. It’s a little crushing, therefore, that American Honey feels unmoored from anything approaching real life. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesDusty SomersOct 6, 2016
Pushing three hours, American Honey feels every bit its length, often luxuriating in extended scenes inside the van, pot smoke swirling and hip-hop thumping. Like most of the film, these scenes are vividly rendered but increasingly repetitive and aimless. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneOct 3, 2016
Arnold’s very strength — the mashup of grime and epiphany — is in danger of becoming a shtick. Then, there’s the length: an elasticated plot doesn’t really suit a director who is at her best in specific locations, where people get stuck like flies. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDanny KingSep 28, 2016
The majority of American Honey has Arnold working overtime to make her movie seem important or scandalous. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSep 26, 2016
This is a patchwork dystopia of white poverty whose facets are both difficult to deny and to prove exist precisely as depicted. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 20, 2016
American Honey ticks off all of the indie clichés. Fireworks? Check. Standing up in convertible with your arms outstretched? Check. Grubby children? Check. But all of this could be forgiven, or at least put up with, if the film wasn't so long and meandering. Read full review
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