Summerland

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Summerland

2020

Comedy

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

There are quite a lot of weird loose ends and a slightly deflationary denouement, but all is forgivable for its earnest sweetness of purpose.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2020

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

A feel-good movie that never digs too deep. It's central life-is-not-fair theme is given a melodramatic treatment that leans toward the contrived but the relationships between the characters elevates the material.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 29, 2021

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Ella Kemp

NME (New Musical Express)

There's nothing new here, admittedly, but it's all too sweet, fun and eminently likeable not to have a good time.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2020

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Raquel Stecher

Quelle Movies

Summerland offers a youthful exploration of meaningful connections and self discovery.

Oct 12, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Summerland feels like an Instagram post made from Coachella for friends of the filmmaker and those involved.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 2, 2020

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Katie Hogan

She Likes Movies

Any road or journey film goes through its similar stages and beats, with the characters growing or coming to an understanding and conclusion. But this story ends in a much more satisfactory way.

Sep 24, 2020

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w r

OK but very disjointed.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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tom m

Entertaining. A well told, heartwarming story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I am a big fan of LGBTQ cinema and was eager to give this a watch due to recent positive reviews. However, this movie is poorly acted and executed. I did finish it all although at times it was a struggle because it feels much longer than it's actual run time. Very disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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As a gay man myself I was interested in watching this movie because I heard it was supposed to challenge gay stereotypes often presented in movies. However, it turned out to be a movie super full of itself for thinking it was busting gay stereotypes while adhering to plenty and patting itself on the back for thinking it's not. It's a privileged-attractive cisgender white gay man's version of "breaking stereotypes". I even read an interview with one of the stars Chris Ball about how his boyfriend advised him not to get in-shape for the role because not all gays needed to have abs. Mister Ball is clearly in-shape compared to your average person and if he thinks not having a complete six pack but otherwise still being an in-shape conventionally attractive gay man is in someway breaking stereotypes, it truly shows how privileged his background is and homogeneous the nature of his social circle must be. There is nothing wrong with being in shape, but the fact he thinks he is making a statement by simply not having abs is somehow groundbreaking is really sad and tone deaf. This seems to be a movie you would really enjoy if you are part of one of those all white homogeneous gay social circles, but probably won't enjoy otherwise.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Director: Kurtis David Harder, Noah Kentis
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2020