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White Water Summer

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An experienced wilderness guide, Vic (Kevin Bacon) leads a group of teenagers from the city on their first big outdoor adventure. One of the boys, the sheltered and defiant Alan (Sean Astin), resents Vic's tough attempts at teaching them life lessons and clashes with him. After tensions have built up between Vic and his young charges, he is injured in an incident and needs their help so that they all can survive the ordeal and make it back to civilization.
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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an innocuous drama revolving around the exploits of several campers and their seemingly amiable guide... Rated: 2/4 May 10, 2011 Full Review Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com A jumpy, poorly developed coming-of-age story. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 4, 2006 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 3/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Bacon is the perfect nasty...thrills aplenty Rated: 3/5 Apr 27, 2003 Full Review Rebecca Murray About.com Rated: 2/5 Mar 10, 2003 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 1/5 Nov 25, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Bacon can't save this awful script. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/04/23 Full Review Gustavo S excelente filme de aventura, recomendo assistir e tambem anos 80 bons atores Kevin Bacon tava otimo no papel e os outros atores tambem atuações sensacionais Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review thomas b Eighties Kevin Bacon takes Sean Austin (and friends) on an ruthless camping trip into the wilderness. I watched this many times as a teenager. The rope bridge and island abandonment scenes stuck with me forever. Unlike most eighties teen movies, this has a humorless daunting atmosphere that made it stand out from other releases from this decade. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ra b Great coming of age adventure movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A nostalgia piece. A film you probably liked as a child of the 80's, but one that didn't age well. Bacon & Astin share an interesting dynamic and there is some fine cinematography, but overall it's incredibly bland. And to see Sean Astin act at one age, hit puberty and then have to narrate the film post-change is just too bizarre to not notice. You can't run, you can't hide, you can't run, you can't hide... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/16/20 Full Review Audience Member Fun movie from the 80's Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An experienced wilderness guide, Vic (Kevin Bacon) leads a group of teenagers from the city on their first big outdoor adventure. One of the boys, the sheltered and defiant Alan (Sean Astin), resents Vic's tough attempts at teaching them life lessons and clashes with him. After tensions have built up between Vic and his young charges, he is injured in an incident and needs their help so that they all can survive the ordeal and make it back to civilization.
Director
Jeff Bleckner
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Polar Entertainment Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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