Dinner in America
- Mon, Nov 11
- Tue, Nov 12
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Adam Rehmeier Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Emily Skeggs, Griffin Gluck, Kyle Gallner, Lea Thompson, Pat Healy
Enjoy Dinner in America, a darkly comedic and rebellious indie film from director Adam Rehmeier!
The film follows an unlikely pair—Simon (Kyle Gallner), a punk rocker on the run from the law, and Patty (Emily Skeggs), a socially awkward misfit obsessed with his band. Set in the suburbs of Detroit, the film explores their chaotic journey as they bond over their mutual disdain for societal norms. As their connection grows, Simon and Patty embark on a rebellious adventure that confronts their personal insecurities and helps them discover their own voices.
Originally premiering at Sundance in 2020 and going on to play and win awards at festivals such as Fantasia, Tallinn Black Nights, Stockholm, Neuchatel, and many others around the world, Dinner In America premiered in the US mid-Covid and initially struggled to find a wider audience. But recent social media enthusiasm for the film has kicked into overdrive–with TikTok in particular causing the film and its earworm original song “Watermelon” to trend across numerous platforms including Letterboxd, Twitter, and the aforementioned TikTok contributing nearly 300M impressions. Dinner In America is coming back to theaters so audiences can enjoy it the way it was always intended: laughing with a group, shouting at the screen, and ideally ugly crying openly alongside dozens of strangers.