Rama is back with another review for us. Startling Much of Andrea Arnold’s AMERICAN HONEY reminds me of Larry Clark’s 1995 film, “ Kids ,” struggling adolescent years, but AMERICAN HONEY is much more nuanced in that on one hand you have this somewhat social commentary about how we are the richest nation in the world and yet so many of our teens live in poverty and they have to hustle and do certain demeaning things just to get by, just to survive, just to feed themselves. On the other hand, you could see AMERICAN HONEY from the perspective of the characters and the impressive way in which they organize, you can see their selling and marketing skills, despite it being a scam and rough around the edges. They’re doing what wall street does basically but on a smaller, smaller, way smaller scale. Sasha Lane plays a free spirited teenage named Star who leaves her troubled trashy home to go on a road trip with traveling laborers her age, they go from town to town, door to door, to ...
