''Spin Me Round'' is a 2022 American

dark comedy film Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

co-written by Jeff Baena and Alison Brie and directed by Baena. It premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest festival on March 12, 2022. It was released on August 19, 2022, by

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in theaters and by AMC+ on

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Synopsis

Amber, the manager of a restaurant chain in

Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...

, wins an all-expenses trip to the franchise's educational immersion program in

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, Italy, as well as the chance to meet the chain's wealthy and charismatic owner, Nick. However, she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined.

Cast

Production

It was announced in May 2021 that Jeff Baena and his ''

Horse Girl ''Horse Girl'' is a 2020 American psychological drama film directed and produced by Jeff Baena, from a screenplay written by Baena and Alison Brie. It stars Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz, and Paul Reiser. The film ...

'' co-writer and star Alison Brie were reuniting for ''Spin Me Round'', which they would co-write. Brie would star in the film along with Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola,

Molly Shannon Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ...

and Lil Rel Howery. Filming began in Italy in June 2021.

Release

''Spin Me Round'' had its world premiere at the 2022 South by Southwest festival on March 12, 2022. It was released on August 19, 2022, by

in theaters and by AMC+ on

Reception

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, the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 86 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "If it never quite lives up to its potential, ''Spin Me Round'' remains a dizzily diverting comedy elevated by Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza's performances." On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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