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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 Though the film's screwball energy keeps things relatively sunny, neither Gleason nor King fail to take the central protagonist's emotions seriously. Rated: 3/4 Sep 28, 2018 Full Review Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times It never transcends its teen movie origins to become something more. Sep 28, 2018 Full Review Teo Bugbee New York Times Vacant in emotion and in cinematic perspective, the movie looks back 15 years but struggles to make an impression longer than 15 minutes. Sep 27, 2018 Full Review Carla Monfort Espinof A fun coming-of-age story that feels all the adolescent summer feels... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 19, 2022 Full Review Fiona Underhill CC2K A welcome addition to films exploring complex teen girl protagonists. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 22, 2019 Full Review Ayurella Horn-Muller Film Threat 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. Nov 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It's good well written Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Coming away from this movie I felt a bit deflated. The story was okay and I see how it could have worked if the scenes blended a bit better and the direction was less chaotic. Add to that the fact that we never really get to know anyone beyond the lead and everyone is far too gorgeous. For someone who was a teenage girl, this just didn't resonate with me unlike so many other coming-of-age films. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Dreamy but overrated. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member So boring I did not finish it. Hilarious? Hardly. Not even a chuckle. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review 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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