White Water Summer

PG

1987

1h 29m

Adventure

List

25%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

5,000+ Ratings

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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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Steve D

Bacon can't save this awful script.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/04/23

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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

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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

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ra b

Great coming of age adventure movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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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

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Audience Member

Fun movie from the 80's

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Jeff Bleckner

Director

Kevin Bacon

Vic

Sean Astin

Alan

Jonathan Ward

Mitch

K.C. Martel

George

Matt Adler

Chris

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...an innocuous drama revolving around the exploits of several campers and their seemingly amiable guide...

Rated: 2/4

May 10, 2011

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Betsy Bozdech

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A jumpy, poorly developed coming-of-age story.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 4, 2006

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Chuck O'Leary

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Rated: 3/5

Oct 9, 2005

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Caffeinated Clint

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Bacon is the perfect nasty...thrills aplenty

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2003

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Rebecca Murray

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Rated: 2/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 1/5

Nov 25, 2002

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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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