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Hot Summer Nights

Play trailer 2:24 Poster for Hot Summer Nights R Released Jul 27, 2018 1h 47m Mystery & Thriller Romance Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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An awkward teenager gets in over his head dealing drugs while falling for his business partner's enigmatic sister during one scorching summer in Cape Cod, Mass.
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Hot Summer Nights is easy on the eyes and clearly indebted to some great films, but its strengths -- including a charismatic young cast -- are often outweighed by its uninspired story.

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Tomris Laffly Time Out While Bynum captures the year of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and its transitional early-'90s fashions with melancholic vividness, his paper-thin story of minimal character development ultimately resolves to a shrug. Rated: 2/5 Aug 8, 2018 Full Review Kristen Lopez Spectrum Culture Hot Summer Nights will appease fans of Chalamet by his presence alone, but this is a movie that plays like a CW-infused take on the nostalgic drug drama. Rated: 2/5 Jul 31, 2018 Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club Hot Summer Nights is both groan-inducingly contrived and vapid, its talented young cast wasted on an incoherent script-less a web of betrayal, greed, and adolescent desire than a few dangling threads. Rated: C Jul 28, 2018 Full Review Nyle Coleman InSession Film For everything Bynum gets wrong in the final act, he makes up for in fun and inventive storytelling in the first half. Rated: B May 9, 2024 Full Review Cory Woodroof 615 Film The Timothee Chalamet Experience rolls through town with A24's moody 90s teen drama Hot Summer Nights, or, Kewl Largo, where Goodfellas meets The Sandlot... Feb 11, 2022 Full Review Danielle Del Plato Floated Alternative Culture Magazine A twenty-second long sequence of a sticky and moist exchange of a lollipop is one of the most immersive sequences I have seen in some time. Rated: 5/10 Dec 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Myron K The story is well told, but very fast-paced, which makes some parts seem choppy. Nevertheless, I find the actual love story authentic and playful. It might not resonate with 20- or 30-year-olds, but for those older, it resonates with a certain touch of nostalgia. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Ari J I can't believe this film received such low ratings. "Hot Summer Nights" is a thrilling depiction of teenage love, fun, and the dark consequences of crime and greed gone horribly awry. The cinematography is wonderful, with vibrant visuals that brilliantly evoke the nostalgia of the 90s. The soundtrack is also fantastic. Thank you, Bynum! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/01/25 Full Review Jack F In my opinion this movie was amazing I love the thrill it gives you and the actual beauty of real love they captured everything perfectly. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Mitch K 95% of the time, Rotten Tomatoes audience gets the score just about right. This is the 5% of the time they didn't. Criminally underrated movie with great directing, solid acting, and an amazing soundtrack. If you're looking for that teenage coming of age summer vibe but with drugs, this is the scratch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/22/24 Full Review Mia G good actors, good soundtrack, plenty of 90's nostalgia. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review alan g This is why america is screwed up. Hokeywood makes heroes of criminals and gets teens into trouble when they emulate these criminals. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An awkward teenager gets in over his head dealing drugs while falling for his business partner's enigmatic sister during one scorching summer in Cape Cod, Mass.
Director
Elijah Bynum
Producer
Dan Friedkin, Ryan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas
Screenwriter
Elijah Bynum
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Imperative Entertainment
Rating
R (Sexual References|Language Throughout|Drug Content|Some Strong Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 24, 2018
Runtime
1h 47m
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