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The kids of American Honey hit the road with a sweet-and-sour hustle

The romance between Star (Sasha Lane) and Jake (Shia LaBeouf) hits American Honey’s sweetest note

ANDREA ARNOLD’S AMERICAN Honey—a fictional story drawn from real life, about marginalized teenagers who sell magazine subscriptions door to door—pinpoints issues that every American needs to think about: our country is so fractured that prosperous citizens can spend their whole lives tucked away in well-manicured neighborhoods, while just a few

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