Star finds ostensible love in Jake (Shia LaBeouf), a feral charmer indebted to the group's acerbic den mother (Riley Keough). As the open road takes them from one seedy motel and booze-soaked field party to the next, British director Andrea Arnold takes us on a lawless expedition that locates beauty and blight at every turn. Star abandons her destitute reality and follows this traveling magazine sales crew to hopeless places, roving through the American heartland to escape rotten alternatives. Our aimless protagonist, Star (newcomer Sasha Lane), wanders into a supermarket, halting at the sight of young misfits leaping onto the checkout counters while Rihanna's 'We Found Love' reverberates through the store.
In 'American Honey,' pop songs forge the soundtrack of liberation.
