Sure, Shia LaBeouf is one cray MF. He has a knack for the demented and, personally, I would have to say that it only adds to his magnificence as an actor.

That being said, the latest movie release featuring Shia involves a newcomer who may just steal the show.

American Honey stars Sasha Lane plays a troubled teen who takes up with a travelling magazine sales crew, falling in love with a particularly charismatic member named Jake (Shia LaBeouf). Running the operation is steely Krystal, played by Riley Keough.

Here’s the trailer:

Although director Andrea Arnold is British, the movie is as American as they come – and to amplify this notion, she chose Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dream Baby Dream’ for the soundtrack.

But a weird thing about the trailer is the voice-over review. Slash Film gives some context:

Screen Anarchy (formerly Twitch Film) review quoted in the trailer is one of the most glowing reviews to come out of American Honey‘s Cannes Film Festival premiere, but it’s not the only one. Indiewire gushed, “It’s the closest thing to a magnum opus in Arnold’s blossoming career.” In a five-star rave,

The Telegraph writes, “The trip they embark on is so scrappily open-ended that almost anything goes, but it’s the very lack of a rigid narrative structure that makes this such an electrifying experience for the viewer.” And Variety describes the film as “part dreamy millennial picaresque, part distorted tapestry of Americana and part exquisitely illustrated iTunes musical.”

Excited? I’m pretty amped to give a watch.

[source:slashfilm]