Summer '03

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Summer '03

Released Sep 28, 2018

1h 35m

Comedy

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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

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

It never transcends its teen movie origins to become something more.

Sep 28, 2018

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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

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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

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Fiona Underhill

CC2K

A welcome addition to films exploring complex teen girl protagonists.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 22, 2019

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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

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Ed R

Incredibly depressing movie following a sexual request before a grandmother's death.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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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

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Audience Member

It's good well written

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Dreamy but overrated.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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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

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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

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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.

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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