An astonishing portrait of youth on the American fringe, American Honey is told through the eyes of a vivacious teenage rebel who joins a group of fellow misfts hustling and partying their way across the country. Bursting with electric, primal energy, American Honey is an immersive, exhilarating odyssey of heartbreaking beauty – a generation-defining film that celebrates the defiant resilience of youth in pursuit of the American Dream.

Following the adventures of a young woman named Star — she says she’s 18, and might be telling the truth — “American Honey” tells a tale of youthful recklessness that could easily have swerved into moralism or exploitation. Star (Sasha Lane), first seen Dumpster diving with her two younger siblings, inhabits a sad prairie landscape of big-box stores and strip malls. Sexually abused by the lecherous drunk she calls Daddy and all but abandoned by her mother, she runs away with a band of feral teenagers who travel the country in a white van, selling magazine subscriptions door to door and sleeping in cheap motels. – A.O Scott – New York Times