Ham on Rye

Factory 25 | Release Date: October 23, 2020

2.4	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Ratings

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beebo42Mar 1, 2021

What did I just watch? It's an interesting idea, but horribly low budget and amateurish. There's only one character that seems to have any training in acting, and most of the dialog feels improvised in a bad way. Worse yet, the premise isWhat did I just watch? It's an interesting idea, but horribly low budget and amateurish. There's only one character that seems to have any training in acting, and most of the dialog feels improvised in a bad way. Worse yet, the premise is only worth about 20 minutes, max. So it had to be padded out with long drawn out shots of...nothing!

The theme of the movie (such as it is) is that once you graduate high school you either discover your purpose, meet your soulmate, and begin your career.... or you just get left behind to waste away in your small home town. None of your old friends stay in touch, all of your dreams fade, and even your own family seems disappointed in you somehow. You only get one shot to succeed in life and you can miss it in the blink of an eye.
Again, I like the premise but 2001's "Ghost World" explores almost the exact same themes but done a hundred times better. For anyone interested in this idea, please don't waste 120 minutes of your life on this movie like I did. Go watch a young Scarlett Johansson in "Ghost World" instead.… Expand

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ChrisWatchesMay 5, 2021

I agree with beebo42. This should have been a short. This could have actually worked with a 15 or 20-minute runtime. It's a classic example of the critics watching too many movies and rewarding anything "out of the box" even if it doesn'tI agree with beebo42. This should have been a short. This could have actually worked with a 15 or 20-minute runtime. It's a classic example of the critics watching too many movies and rewarding anything "out of the box" even if it doesn't work. I get that critics are bored with conventional filmmaking, but this having an 80 score is absurd. Retire if coherent cinema no longer does it for you.… Expand

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chris12198Aug 17, 2021

Ham on Rye is a meaningless examination on white suburbia. Every second was pointless and all of the good faded away by the 40-second mark. You can sit a lead singer of an indie band (with 16 monthly listeners on Spotify) down with a computerHam on Rye is a meaningless examination on white suburbia. Every second was pointless and all of the good faded away by the 40-second mark. You can sit a lead singer of an indie band (with 16 monthly listeners on Spotify) down with a computer complete with a screenwriting software program and even they couldn't muster up something as pretentious and shallow as this garbage. No scene felt memorable, or at the very meaningful and deserving of our time, and some day-in-the-life films can be interesting and movie (see Richard Linklater's filmography), but for the characters of Ham-on-Rye, not a single character was worth the time spent with them. It baffles me how many soaring reviews this film has. Take it from me and the other Metacritic users and do NOT waste your time.… Expand

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