Eat Wheaties!

Eat Wheaties! is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Scott Abramovitch and released in 2020.[1] 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]

The film's cast also includes Paul Walter Hauser, Danielle Brooks, Elisha Cuthbert, Sarah Chalke, Lamorne Morris, David Walton, Alan Tudyk, Robbie Amell, Hayden Szeto, Rizwan Manji, Sarah Goldberg, Sarah Burns Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sugar Lyn Beard, Phil Reeves, Mimi Kennedy, Kristian Bruun, Enuka Okuma and Kristen Gutoskie.

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]

The film was positively reviewed by film critics, with 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."[1]