Summering

Summering

2022 · 87 min · EN · PG-13 · 4.6 (24 votes)
Dir. James Ponsoldt · Starring Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield, Sanai Victoria, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper · Music Sofia Hultquist

“Summer is a state of mind.”

Drama

Four best friends, on the brink of starting middle school, realize their lives are about to change forever. So on the last weekend of summer, they set out to make the most of it. Nothing could prepare them, though, for the startling discovery they make while revisiting one of their favorite haunts.

VIBE

This film feels like the last warm breath of summer, a bittersweet ode to childhood friendships on the cusp of change. It's a poignant, reflective journey through innocence and the first brush with life's deeper realities, wrapped in a gentle, nostalgic haze.

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