{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = American Milkshake | image = American Milkshake.jpg | caption = | director = David Andalman<br>Mariko Munro | producer = David Andalman<br>Mariko Munro | writer = David Andalman<br>Mariko Munro | starring = Tyler Ross<br>Shareeka Epps<br>Georgia Ford<br>Eshan Bay<br>Leo Fitzpatrick<br>Danny Burstein | cinematography = Ian Bloom | music = Kieran Magzul | studio = SModcast Pictures | distributor = Phase 4 Films | released = {{Film date|2013|01|20|Sundance Film Festival}} | runtime = 82 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1.4 million | gross = $44,687 }} '''''American Milkshake''''' is a 2013 American black comedy film written, produced, and directed by David Andalman and Mariko Munro, starring Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay, Leo Fitzpatrick and Danny Burstein.
==Plot== In the mid-1990s, Jolie Jolson, a white high school student (the great-grandson of blackface performer Al Jolson) wants to be on the basketball team because he thinks that it will bring him closer to being the one thing that he isn't: black. His African American girlfriend, Henrietta, is pregnant with another man's baby and had a seedy past which includes appearing in a sex tape. Jolie gets on the basketball team due to a large donation from his well-off father, and ends up dating one of the cheerleaders for the team, and accidentally impregnates her.
==Cast== * Tyler Ross as Jolie * Shareeka Epps as Henrietta * Georgia Ford as Christine * Leo Fitzpatrick as Mr. McCarty * Eshan Bay as Haroon * Danny Burstein as Coach * Nuri Hazzard as Arius * Anna Friedman as Jeanette
==Release== The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013 and was sold to Phase 4 Films and the Kevin Smith Movie Club for theatrical and day and date release and<ref>[http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13090/milkshake Sundance Programme]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/sundance-2013-phase-4-nabs-415904 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Tatiana | last=Siegel | title=Sundance 2013: Phase 4 Nabs 'Milkshake' (Exclusive)}}</ref> it also won the producer's award at US in Progress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carbone, Edmands, Collins win at US in Progress in Wroclaw|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/carbone-edmands-collins-win-at-us-in-progress-in-wroclaw/5049130.article}}</ref>
==Reception== On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 0%, based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 3.9/10.<ref>{{cite news |title=American Milkshake |work=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_milkshake_2013 |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref> On Metacritic the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=American Milkshake Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/american-milkshake/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Metacritic}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|2254364}}
Category:2013 films Category:2013 English-language films Category:2013 black comedy films Category:SModcast Pictures films Category:Films about interracial romance Category:American black comedy films Category:Phase 4 Films films Category:2013 American films Category:English-language black comedy films
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