Eat Wheaties!

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Eat Wheaties!
Directed byScott Abramovitch
Written byScott Abramovitch
Based onThe Locklear Letters by Michael Kun
Produced byScott Abramovitch
David J. Phillips
Starring
CinematographyPhil Miller
Edited bySalamo Levin
Music byKevin Krouglow
Production
company
Embelle Films
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release date
  • September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) (CIFF)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Eat Wheaties! is a Canadian comedy film, written and directed by Scott Abramovitch, produced by Scott Abramovitch and David J. Phillips, and released in 2020.[1]

Premise[]

An adaptation of Michael Kun's 2003 novel The Locklear Letters updated for the social media era, the film stars Tony Hale as Sid Straw, a man who becomes co-chair of the University of Pennsylvania planning committee for his college reunion, only to become obsessed with proving that he was friends with actress Elizabeth Banks in their student days.[2]

Cast[]

Release[]

The film premiered on September 25, 2020 at the Calgary International Film Festival,[3] and had its American premiere at the Heartland Film Festival in October 2020 where it was the Opening Night film and won the Humor And Humanity Award.[4][5] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 San Diego International Film Festival, winning the Best Comedy Award, and the 2020 Whistler Film Festival, where Norman Wilner of Now wrote that "If any movie at this festival has a chance at cult status, it’s this one."[6] It was released theatrically and on VOD in the United States on April 30, 2021 by Screen Media Films.

Reception[]

The film was positively reviewed by film critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 66% and Lou Harry of the Midwest Film Journal writing "Eat Wheaties! is one of my favorite films this year. Honestly. It's got the cringe-laughs of a good episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm but with a sweet, gentle heart beating inside it.",[2] and Gabriel Sigler of Bad Feeling writing that "Eat Wheaties! is one of the most enjoyable films of the year." The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "It frequently fumbles its attempts to balance cringe comedy and sincere drama, but Tony Hale's charm helps keep Eat Wheaties! from getting soggy."[7]

Richard Roeper's three star (out of four) review in the Chicago Sun Times noted "in the hands of writer-director Scott Abramovitch and with the considerable contributions of an outstanding cast that also includes Kylie Bunbury (“Big Sky”) and Paul Walter Hauser (“Richard Jewell”), “Eat Wheaties” is a dryly funny, even sweet and surprisingly touching story".[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Gabriel Sigler, "Tony Hale plays a schlub obsessed with Elizabeth Banks in the sweet and quirky ‘Eat Wheaties!’". Bad Feeling, September 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lou Harry, "Heartland 2020: Eat Wheaties!". Midwest Film Journal, October 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Colin Gallant, "8 Films to Watch at CIFF 2020". Avenue Calgary, September 23, 2020.
  4. ^ David Lindquist, "Check out the Heartland film festival lineup at Conner Prairie and Tibbs drive-in". Indianapolis Star, September 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". heartlandfilmfestival20.eventive.org. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  6. ^ Norman Wilner, "Five buzzy films to stream at the Whistler Film Festival". Now, December 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Eat Wheaties!", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, retrieved 2021-10-10
  8. ^ Roeper, Richard (2021-04-28). "'Eat Wheaties!': Tony Hale tickles as another awkward weirdo". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

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