The Dish & the Spoon

The Dish & The Spoon
The Dish & The Spoon
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Alison Bagnall
Screenplay by	Alison Bagnall; Andrew Lewis;
Story by	Alison Bagnall
Starring	Greta Gerwig; Olly Alexander;
Cinematography	Mark Schwartzbard
Edited by	Darrin Navarro
Release date	2011
Running time	93 minutes
Language	English

The Dish & the Spoon is a 2011 American film directed by , starring Greta Gerwig, Olly Alexander, Eleonore Hendricks and Amy Seimetz.^[1]

Plot[]

Rose (Greta Gerwig) leaves her cheating husband (Adam Rottenberg) and runs into a boy (Olly Alexander), in a desolate beachside building at a boarded-up beach town in Delaware in the fall. He has been dumped by a girl he had traveled from England to be with.

Rose takes him along with her, and in a series of quirky vignettes, she and the boy learn how to fish, cast a rod, dance, get drunk, dress up, have their wedding picture taken, get in a fight, and share a kiss.

Initially they coincide in a forlorn lighthouse and Rose tries to get him to a hospital, but later she drags him along as she looks to confront her former friend Emma (Eleonore Hendricks), for betraying her with her husband. They first go to a beer bottling plant where Emma used to work, they then go to her parents' summer house. The rest of the day, she leaves him there while she awaits Emma at her home.

He puts up with odd role play scenarios. Other than the hunting down of the cheater, he is at Rosa's side as she screams down the line at her cheating husband. He allows her to dress him up as a woman so she can play the part of the macho male.

They spend the following morning on a fishing boat, catching a large fish. The following day they have a vintage photo taken of them in wedding clothes, as her fantasy the previous night was of their getting married and having 10 kids who look like him. She essentially finishes their dream relationship when she shows him her future burial plot. He gets them costumes to participate in a country dance held that Sunday, where she is able to physically confront Emma.

Together they learn what everyone in a seasonal town already knows: the seasons change; and, this too shall pass.^[2]

Cast[]

Greta Gerwig as Rose
Olly Alexander as Boy
Eleonore Hendricks as Emma
Amy Seimetz as Emma's Friend
Adam Rothenberg as Rose's Husband
Dan Seely as the Cashier
Sam Calagione as the Brewery Manager
H.D. Parsons as the Fisherman

References[]

^ "The Dish & the Spoon: Movie Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "The Dish & The Spoon From Alison Bagnall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

External links[]

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[1] "The Dish & the Spoon: Movie Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[2] "The Dish & The Spoon From Alison Bagnall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

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