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* DefectorFromDecadence: Simon is revealed to come from a rich family. He has apparently claimed the entire basement as his room, which is enormous and filled with musical equipment.
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* SecretlyWealthy: Simon is revealed to come from a rich family. He has apparently claimed the entire basement as his room, which is enormous and filled with musical equipment.
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* HiddenDepths: The first indication we get that there's more to Simon than just an irreverent hooligan is when Patty recalls that he took the same art appreciation class as her. Later, he's able to come up with a SeamlessSpontaneousLie using specific knowledge of church terms and African cuisine.
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* {{Motif}}: As the name suggests: dinners. Simon eats five dinners through the course of the film.
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* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Simon spontaneously decides to start pretending to be a Christian missionary midway through his dinner at Patty's house and completely convinces her parents to the point that they agree to let him stay in their own son's bedroom.
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* SmokingIsCool: Simon the badass punker is often seen with a cigarette hanging from his lips. In the end, Patty also strikes a cool pose with a cigarette, though she ruins it by coughing.
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* ToiletHumor: While taking a break in the alley behind the pet shop, Patty is forced to watch a homeless man take a giant dump on the sidewalk.
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* IntoxicationEnsues: Patty's parents get unexpectedly stoned. Her father just stares vacantly at the TV and responds to every question with, "Oh... ''yeah!''" A RevealShot reveals that [[spoiler:they're not wearing any pants]].
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After getting accidentally stoned, [[spoiler:Patty's parents are revealed to be sitting on their sofa with no pants on, just like Kevin]].
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* RevealShot: After a whole conversation with her parents, who have been accidentally stoned, Patty asks, [[spoiler:"Why aren't you wearing pants?" A change in camera angles reveals that, in fact, they've been without pants the whole time]].
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* CharacterDevelopment: In the final scene, [[spoiler:Patty stands up to two bullies herself and has changed her look to something more mature]].
* ManChild: Patty is a rare female example. She's 20 years old but dresses and behaves like a high schooler. She lives under the thumb of her parents and asks their permission to go on activities. In the final scene, [[spoiler:she's wearing some makeup and looks more mature, showing her character development]].
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* TheReveal: Midway through the film, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Simon isn't ''just'' some unhinged criminal, he's criminal. He's the lead singer of a punk rock band trying to finance the band]].
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* TitleDrop: "Dinner in America" is one of PSYOP's singles. Patty says that she had to make a copy because her original got eaten. In the final scene, Simon complains of the lengths he had to go to to get a good dinner in America.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Simon's a true-blue punk rocker who refuses to sell out, which puts him at odds with two of his more practical bandmates.
* TheSilentBob: PSYOPS's drummer never speaks a word through the whole film, though he casts his vote for Simon during a band meeting and commiserates with him over refusing to sell out.
* TheSilentBob: PSYOPS's drummer never speaks a word through the whole film, though he casts his vote for Simon during a band meeting and commiserates with him over refusing to sell out.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Simon is the lead singer of the band that Patty is obsessed with, which only gets revealed as a twist halfway through the film]].
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* JustJokingJustification: Simon keeps insulting Patty only to quickly say, "I'm fucking with you!"
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* GrossUpCloseUp: In the first scene, Beth is trying to be seductive while drugged to her eyeballs. The camera zooms in as she licks her lips suggestively, unaware that she's drooling.
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* BlatantLies: Simon pretends to be a missionary just back in from Tanzania while dressed like a punk and swearing up a storm at the dinner table. Patty's parents buy it completely.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film seems to be setting up some sort of weird romance between two misfits who meet while drugged up in a trial research program. But then the guy runs away, and the girl is never seen again. He meets the female lead a few scenes later.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Simon is revealed to come from a rich family. He has apparently claimed the entire basement as his room, which is enormous and filled with musical equipment.
* GilliganCut: The two jocks who bully Patty confront her on the bus, only for Simon to intervene, and attempt to defend her. They challenge him, and he instantly pulls the cord. [[spoiler: Smash cut to him getting his ass kicked]].
* JabbaTableManners: Simon is always shown hunched over his plate with his elbows on thesidewalk, a black eye, table. He shovels food into his mouth with his fork and the jocks slinging homophobic slurs at him. Fortunately in this case the jocks don't have KarmaHoudini.]]licks his fingers while eating.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Simon is revealed to come from a rich family. He has apparently claimed the entire basement as his room, which is enormous and filled with musical equipment.
* GilliganCut: The two jocks who bully Patty confront her on the bus, only for Simon to intervene, and attempt to defend her. They challenge him, and he instantly pulls the cord. [[spoiler: Smash cut to him getting his ass kicked]].
* JabbaTableManners: Simon is always shown hunched over his plate with his elbows on the
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Simon is a rare male version. He's an irreverent punk who gets Patty to come out of her shell.
* MeetCute: Simon meets Patty when she covers for him in his escape from law enforcement.
* MuggingTheMonster: Subverted. Simon is established to be a hard-as-nails punk and criminal who easily manhandles Kevin when attacked. So when those two track-running bullies pick a fight with him for defending Patty, we know what's about to go down. Except instead, [[spoiler:Simon gets his ass kicked and told he sucks at fighting]].
* MeetCute: Simon meets Patty when she covers for him in his escape from law enforcement.
* MuggingTheMonster: Subverted. Simon is established to be a hard-as-nails punk and criminal who easily manhandles Kevin when attacked. So when those two track-running bullies pick a fight with him for defending Patty, we know what's about to go down. Except instead, [[spoiler:Simon gets his ass kicked and told he sucks at fighting]].
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* TitleDrop: "Dinner in America" is one of PSYOP's While [[spoiler: narrating his letter from prison at singles. Patty says that she had to make a copy because her original got eaten. In the end of the movie]] final scene, Simon complains of the lengths he had to go to to get a good dinner in America.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona she is.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example examples of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona she is.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Patty has a habit of energetically dancing to PSYOPS's music, then taking Polaroids of herself masturbating and mailing them to singer John Q. When Simon reveals he's John Q, he admits that he beat off to her pictures in return.
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* CoitusEnsues: After learning Simon is John Q, Patty responds by throwing herself atop him and demanding he violate her. He enthusiastically obeys.
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* TheStoner: Simon introduces Patty's adopted brother Kevin to smoking weed. The next time we see him, Kevin is stoned to the eyeballs and shows no signs of stopping (especially since he found a girlfriend who also loves getting high).
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Although Simon ends up going to jail when his band betrays him, he ends up thriving on the inside, constantly writing new songs and keeping himself in shape. His relationship with Patty remains rock solid, with them exchanging letters and her visiting when she can. Patty herself has grown self-confident and is implied to be on her way to becoming a punk singer]].
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Although Simon ends up going goes to jail when his band betrays him, he ends up thriving on the inside, constantly writing new songs and keeping himself in shape. His relationship with Patty remains rock solid, with them exchanging letters and her visiting when she can. Patty herself has grown self-confident and is implied to be on her way to becoming a punk singer]].
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona she is.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Patty is extremely socially awkward, seems to be at a loss for the meaning of a lot of words, is on a lot of medications, and her parents express fear of her reaction to strobe lights, and although a lot of slurs for autistic people are hurled at her, by bullies, no diagnosis is actually ever stated.
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* CoitusEnsues: After learning Simon is John Q, Patty responds by throwing herself atop him and demanding he violate her. He enthusiastically obeys.
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* ArcWords: "You need to take it down a notch!" Said by various characters in situations ranging from awkward to downright violent.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Patty has a habit of energetically dancing to PSYOPS's music, then taking Polaroids of herself masturbating and mailing them to singer John Q. [[spoiler:When When Simon reveals he's John Q, he admits that he beat off to her pictures in return]].return.
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* BrickJoke: At dinner with Patty's parents, Simon lies that his own parents are missionaries building houses in Tanzania. Much later, when Simon's mom stumbles onto them recording a song in her basement, Patty asks, "How was Tanzania?"
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Although Simon ends up going to jail when his band betrays him, he ends up thriving on the inside, constantly writing new songs and keeping himself in shape. His relationship with Patty remains rock solid, with them exchanging enters letters and her visiting when she can. Patty herself has grown self-confident and is implied to be on her way to becoming a punk performer]].singer]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Patty has a habit of energetically dancing to PSYOPS's music, then taking Polaroids of herself masturbating and mailing them to singer John Q.
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Although Simon ends up going to jail when his band betrays him, he ends up thriving on the inside, constantly writing new songs and keeping himself in shape. His relationship with Patty remains rock solid, with them exchanging enters and her visiting when she can. Patty herself has grown self-confident and is implied to be on her way to becoming a punk rocker herself]].performer]].
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* JerkJock: Patty is often sexually harassed by two track runners who call her slurs.
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* RevengeIsSweet: Simon helps Patty shoot the moon with this, as far as the two jocks are concerned, given that they [[spoiler: knock them out, strip them naked, and then set their precious tracksuits on fire, take a picture of them naked together with a dead cat to use as blackmail if they ever come after either of them again, before letting them be woken up by their own teammates finding them]].
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona she is.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Patty is extremely socially awkward, seems to be at a loss for the meaning of a lot of words, is on a lot of medications, and her parents express fear of her reaction to strobe lights, and although a lot of slurs for autistic people are hurled at her, by bullies, no diagnosis is actually ever stated.
* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona sheis.is.
* GilliganCut: The two jocks who bully Patty confront her on the bus, only for Simon to intervene, and attempt to defend her. They challenge him, and he instantly pulls the cord. [[spoiler: Smash cut to him on the sidewalk, a black eye, and the jocks slinging homophobic slurs at him. Fortunately in this case the jocks don't have KarmaHoudini.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The two jocks who bully Patty, and later Simon love using the R-slur, and the F-slur. Also at the beginning the man whose house Simon eats at drops an N-word, which makes it a lot easier to forgive Simon for nearly sleeping with his wife and setting his house on fire.
*TitleDrop: While [[spoiler: narrating his letter from prison at the end of the movie]] Simon complains of the lengths he had to go to to get a good dinner in America.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Within the first few minutes of the movie we see Simon, nauseous from the medication given to him in a drug trial he is participating in for a quick buck, vomit onto his plate.
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* GilliganCut: The two jocks who bully Patty confront her on the bus, only for Simon to intervene, and attempt to defend her. They challenge him, and he instantly pulls the cord. [[spoiler: Smash cut to him on the sidewalk, a black eye, and the jocks slinging homophobic slurs at him. Fortunately in this case the jocks don't have KarmaHoudini.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The two jocks who bully Patty, and later Simon love using the R-slur, and the F-slur. Also at the beginning the man whose house Simon eats at drops an N-word, which makes it a lot easier to forgive Simon for nearly sleeping with his wife and setting his house on fire.
*TitleDrop: While [[spoiler: narrating his letter from prison at the end of the movie]] Simon complains of the lengths he had to go to to get a good dinner in America.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Within the first few minutes of the movie we see Simon, nauseous from the medication given to him in a drug trial he is participating in for a quick buck, vomit onto his plate.
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"Dinner in America" is a 2020 American coming of age dark comedy film written, directed, and edited by Adam Carter Rehmeier, starring Creator/KyleGallner as punk rocker and sometimes petty drug dealer Simon, and Emily Skeggs as young, awkward, outcast Patty. On the run from the police, Simon runs into Patty, who lets him into her uptight, boring, middle-class home, and also reveals her secrets appreciation for the punk band PSYOPS, and its perpetually masked singer, John Q.
The only problem being, of course, that Simon secretly is John Q. Hijinks ensue, of course, as Simon slowly falls for Patty, and Patty learns to stand up for herself, and take no shit.
"Dinner in America" premiered at the Sundance Film festival in January of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, theatrical release was delayed until May of 2022, with a video-on-demand release in June of that year.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Patty is completely unaware that the on-the-lam punk she let into her home is her "music boyfriend." Unlike a lot of example of this trope, Simon is immediately alarmed when he figures out how attracted to his stage persona she is.
The only problem being, of course, that Simon secretly is John Q. Hijinks ensue, of course, as Simon slowly falls for Patty, and Patty learns to stand up for herself, and take no shit.
"Dinner in America" premiered at the Sundance Film festival in January of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, theatrical release was delayed until May of 2022, with a video-on-demand release in June of that year.
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