Eat Wheaties!
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| Directed by | Scott Abramovitch |
| Produced by | Scott Abramovitch David J. Phillips |
| Written by | Scott Abramovitch |
| Based on | The Locklear Letters by Michael Kun |
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| Music by | Kevin Krouglow |
| Cinematography | Phil Miller |
| Edited by | Salamo Levin |
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Production
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Embelle Films
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| Distributed by | Screen Media Films |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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
- Tony Hale as Sid Straw
- Paul Walter Hauser as James Fisk
- Danielle Brooks as Wendy
- Elisha Cuthbert as Janet Berry-Straw
- Sarah Chalke as Frankie Riceborough
- Lamorne Morris as Sam Haller
- David Walton as Tom Straw
- Alan Tudyk as Duncan Lambert
- Robbie Amell as Brandon
- Hayden Szeto as Keaton
- Rizwan Manji as Bruce Rapp
- Sarah Goldberg as Jeanne
- Sarah Burns as Kate
- Emmanuelle Vaugier as Sarah Getz
- Sugar Lyn Beard as Carla Fisk
- Phil Reeves as Earl Straw
- Mimi Kennedy as Edna Straw
- Kristian Bruun as Burke
- Enuka Okuma as Michelle the Lawyer
- Kristen Gutoskie as Suzie the Bankteller
- Kylie Bunbury as Allison
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 and won the Best Feature Film and People's Choice Best Feature Film awards at the 2022 Borrego Springs Film Festival [7] as well as the Best Feature Film, Humor/Satire at 2022's Filmfest Bremen.[8]
Reception
The film was positively reviewed by film critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 68%[9] 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."[10]
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".[11]
References
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- ↑ Gabriel Sigler, "Tony Hale plays a schlub obsessed with Elizabeth Banks in the sweet and quirky ‘Eat Wheaties!’". Bad Feeling, September 29, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lou Harry, "Heartland 2020: Eat Wheaties!". Midwest Film Journal, October 6, 2020.
- ↑ Colin Gallant, "8 Films to Watch at CIFF 2020". Avenue Calgary, September 23, 2020.
- ↑ David Lindquist, "Check out the Heartland film festival lineup at Conner Prairie and Tibbs drive-in". Indianapolis Star, September 17, 2020.
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- ↑ Norman Wilner, "Five buzzy films to stream at the Whistler Film Festival". Now, December 1, 2020.
- ↑ http://www.borregospringsfilmfestival.org/
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