“Dinner in America” is the sort of movie that a group of friends would have rented at their local Blockbusters in the ‘90s if all the copies of “Heathers” and “Pump Up the Volume” had been gone.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 18, 2025

Rehmeier has created a punk rock Bonnie and Clyde, and the Patty/Simon relationship is a “nothing to lose by staying true” style of adventures, and nobody "adventures" better than an on-the-lam punk rocker and his music girlfriend. W/Emily/Kyle Podtalk.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 2, 2025

Dinner in America is the rare film that doesn’t sand down its subject: punk rock.

| Oct 13, 2022

Punk rebellion reigns here, and you better be prepared for some quite nasty scenes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 25, 2022

Simultaneously aggressive and tender, an adorable little punk rock coming of age comedy. Consistently been one of my top recommends since catching it back at Sundance 2020. Finally getting the attention it deserves

| Jun 15, 2022

On paper, this edgy indie romcom about folks on the fringes has been done before, but in practice, the humane performances (and especially a transfixing musical moment) make it something special.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2022

Similar to the two lead characters, Dinner in America is part in your face, part sweet, and deep down has a heart of gold.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2022

A movie with anti-establishment anti-social quicksilver coursing through its veins, but at its heart it is a sweet love story, one of the sweetest in recent memory.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 27, 2022

Between the muddled satirical jabs and the unsympathetic characters, it leaves a sour taste.

| May 27, 2022

The chaotic restlessness juxtaposed against quiet suburbia is a fascinating dichotomy, and Rehemier presents an engaging portrait with a spirited, pulsating energy.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 26, 2022

“Dinner in America” delivers on surprise and explosiveness, but much of its offensive language, both racist and homophobic, feels gratuitous in a film that might have otherwise landed as an offbeat love story.

| May 26, 2022

Plays like a private joke for Rehmeier, who's not pursuing a story here, just an extended run of idiosyncrasy.

| Original Score: D+ | May 25, 2022

There’s much to enjoy here.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 24, 2022

An anthem to the tenets of punk rock, with a surprisingly moving message at the heart of its rebellious fury.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 24, 2022

While undoubtably unhinged politically and socially in ways that made me fondly recall the underrated God Bless America, it's also one of the sweetest love stories I've seen in years.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 23, 2022

Despite the careful 1990s period details, this is a bruising and welcome riposte to John Hughes' 1980s teen movies.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 11, 2021

Dinner in America updates an early-2000s brand of suburban misfit ennui with a winning, occasionally uneven blend of sweet and sour teen angst.

| Jun 5, 2021

in repeatedly depicting his characters railing against very cliché-ridden portraits of white American suburbia, writer/director Adam Rehmeier sells the satirical aspects of his otherwise stylishly made film short by picking at some very low-hanging fruit.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 5, 2021

Though it doesn't feel guaranteed from the beginning, there is also an unusually sweet romance that blossoms through the screams and punches, as well as a fantastic song that you'll have in your head long after the credits roll.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 3, 2021

An indie film that strikes all the right notes as it blends the exhilarating thrill of the lovers-on-the-lam genre with hilarious black comedy.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jun 3, 2021