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

01/07/2021

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.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

02/09/2012

4/5

Beautifully photographed, "The Dish & the Spoon" is awash in images of rain-soaked streets and gray wintry skies.

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

02/07/2012

1.5/4

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.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

02/13/2024

The two have an offbeat chemistry that makes the film work

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Gerald Peary

Boston Phoenix

04/10/2012

3/4

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

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@RT19133632 01/29/2025

This is the quirky type movie that I usually love , filled with kooky characters ,but the ending was disappointing. I feel the woman used her young male friend. Too bad, it was great till the ending. Still maybe worth a watch.

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Hanna H

@RT36070998 10/02/2024

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.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 02/20/2023

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

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02/28/2017

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

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01/05/2014

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

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12/17/2013

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.

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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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