The Dish & the Spoon

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The Dish & the Spoon

2011

1h 32m

Comedy

Drama

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This quirky romantic comedy follows Rose (Greta Gerwig), whose life changes after discovering her husband's affair. Devastated and reeling, she soon crosses paths with a marooned British teenager (Olly Alexander) in a boarded-up Delaware beach town, and the two begin a peculiar friendship. As they drink their way through town, act out dream scenarios, and get to know each other's pasts, this eccentric and insightful film illustrates how we navigate change and loneliness, for better and worse.

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Erica Lies

Bitch Media

Gerwig's Rose is genuinely affected by her despair but never slips into a generic "crazy" performance that could easily happen in such a role.

Jan 7, 2021

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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.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 9, 2012

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

Not so much an actual movie as an assortment of Amerindie affectations, The Dish & the Spoon doesn't waste a moment on recognizable reality, consumed as it is with checking off various items from its list of clichs.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 7, 2012

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

The two have an offbeat chemistry that makes the film work

Feb 13, 2024

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Gerald Peary

Boston Phoenix

Director Alison Bagnall crafts a model independent film, a miniature story told with feeling and humor...

Rated: 3/4

Apr 10, 2012

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

Less dish than dishrag, Greta's broken woman does a stunning, kind of Albert Nobbs role reversal stud predator in drag. But this road movie detour into destination cautionary cougar romance, is not nearly as daring as its whimsical if troubled humans.

Jan 31, 2012

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Hanna H

This is one of those movies where you don't remember much of the plot but bits and pieces but it leaves a profound mark, I don't even know what I love so much about this movie but I do love it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/02/24

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Steve D

Gerwig is always fun but there isn't enough to it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Honestly... not what I was expecting... it was definitely different.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Two casually artistic characters (one quirky, one twee) mumble and meander across a landscape filtered through Belle & Sebastian.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

It's fully possible the presence of alcohol, sleeping pills and bitterness present in my system at the time of viewing provided me with such a favorable opinion of this movie. Seemingly sort of searing--given the strange, happenstance, and all too often transient (read: doomed) situations we find ourselves in, I couldn't help but identify, I guess. Or just appreciate. And the soundtrack was kind of nice, too, I think.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

This movie starts off about Rose's marital issues, but quickly turns into a twisted romance between Rose and a British teenager she finds. The movie sort of spirals into different directions from there until Rose finally confronts the woman her husband cheated on her with. That doesn't amount to much, though, and she ends up ditching the teenager she strung along to return to her husband.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Alison Bagnall

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Greta Gerwig

Rose

Olly Alexander

Boy

Eleonore Hendricks

Emma

Adam Rothenberg

Husband

Amy Seimetz

Emma's Friend

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Synopsis

This quirky romantic comedy follows Rose (Greta Gerwig), whose life changes after discovering her husband's affair. Devastated and reeling, she soon crosses paths with a marooned British teenager (Olly Alexander) in a boarded-up Delaware beach town, and the two begin a peculiar friendship. As they drink their way through town, act out dream scenarios, and get to know each other's pasts, this eccentric and insightful film illustrates how we navigate change and loneliness, for better and worse.

Director: Alison Bagnall
Producer: Alison Bagnall, Amy Seimetz, Peter Gilbert
Screenwriter: Alison Bagnall, Andrew Lewis
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m

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