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Summer '03

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In the midst of a family crises, a 16-year-old girl wades through the difficult waters of her love life.
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A cool scoop of cliché that doesn't completely melt under pressure, Summer of 03 goes down easy thanks to Becca Gleason's earnest direction.

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Matt Fagerholm RogerEbert.com 09/28/2018
3/4
Though the film's screwball energy keeps things relatively sunny, neither Gleason nor King fail to take the central protagonist's emotions seriously. Go to Full Review
Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times 09/28/2018
It never transcends its teen movie origins to become something more. Go to Full Review
Teo Bugbee New York Times 09/27/2018
Vacant in emotion and in cinematic perspective, the movie looks back 15 years but struggles to make an impression longer than 15 minutes. Go to Full Review
Carla Monfort Espinof 09/19/2022
3.5/5
A fun coming-of-age story that feels all the adolescent summer feels... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Fiona Underhill CC2K 01/22/2019
3.5/5
A welcome addition to films exploring complex teen girl protagonists. Go to Full Review
Ayurella Horn-Muller Film Threat 11/02/2018
What Summer '03 teaches its audience is that control is an illusion. Tying into the realism of the production is another lesson: not every interaction or human connection has to have a fairytale ending. Go to Full Review
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Ed R Jul 27 Incredibly depressing movie following a sexual request before a grandmother's death. See more 09/25/2021 I really enjoyed this movie. It was cute and funny, with a bit of serious thrown in. Not sure it sets a good example for teenagers, but it is probably realistic like it or not. See more 04/24/2021 It's good well written See more 09/27/2020 Dreamy but overrated. See more 09/03/2020 So boring I did not finish it. Hilarious? Hardly. Not even a chuckle. See more 09/03/2020 The movie does not look RIGHT!!!!!!! The characters had no type of human emotion or expression other than the emotion you put poorly reading a book for kids. Also, the dialogue sounded like it was LITERALLY taken word per word from the original novel. It felt super old fashioned and even faked. The shots were WEIRD, giving a wanna-be "twilight vibe" without the cool tone filter and stable camera work; it looked unimaginative and boring. Adding more fire to the flame, the main character looked like a thirteen-year-old wearing what a college student would wear to a party FOR CHURCH. I don't know if that was just to be comedic or to protests and offend the church, but it was AWKWARD and I am not religious at all. It feels like they were trying too hard to make a funny and emotional movie but FAILED and fell on their own butts. Only 40 minutes in and I want to cry. Also, all the actors looked like pre or early teens so they seemed out of place most of the time, like when kids play pretend and dress up like their parents. I had Dylans' voice, from Dylan is in trouble, in my head all the time while watching the movie. I hope he comments this trash in Until I Hate Myself because I definitely hated myself for even watching a second of this sh*t. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In the midst of a family crises, a 16-year-old girl wades through the difficult waters of her love life.
Director
Becca Gleason
Producer
Eyal Rimmon, Alexandre Dauman
Screenwriter
Becca Gleason
Distributor
Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co
Tadmor
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 28, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.7K
Runtime
1h 35m
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