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The Kings of Summer (2013)

May. 31,2013
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7.1
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| Drama Comedy
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Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.

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Karry
2013/05/31

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Baseshment
2013/06/01

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Matrixiole
2013/06/02

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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ChanFamous
2013/06/03

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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siderite
2013/06/04

Two brother-like friends, upset with the way they live in their homes, with parents oblivious to their kid's needs and transformation into adulthood, decide to build a house in the woods and live there. Together with a really weird kid, they run away from home and move to this house they managed to build from scrap (and stolen) materials. Surviving on freedom, rain water and the occasional hunt (from the local supermarket).It is a coming of age story, with interesting and compelling characters, but in the end it just reeks of unfulfilled childhood fantasies. A kid who could barely build a bird-house manages to construct a two story structure that doesn't fall down on him, lives in the forest and doesn't get sick and, least believable of all, finds a place in the forest that no one goes to. So it is a fairy tale, but not a Peter Pan thing, where the kid doesn't want to grow up, quite the opposite: a kid that wants to be a man and thus does what a man should.To be frank, most of the film was boring, but the characters and the issues touched upon make this a solid movie. Biaggio's character was fun and pretty much stole the show from two mopey teens who shout manhood while buying food with the money stolen from their parents. Also, as a cautionary tale: never invite a girl in a boy's club, she will frack it up!Bottom line: Biaggio and the few inspired scenes at the end made me like this film. And I am referring to when the boy is washing his hands in a hospital bathroom and remembers the cool flow of a mountain stream. It shows that it was all worth it in order to build his character and give him his own unique perspective on life. Other than that, though, I was aching to press fast-forward in a lot of scenes.

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thenekassyni
2013/06/05

Reminds me Stand by me but not as good and not as serious, obviously. I really just wanted to write and laugh at the ignorance of some of the professional critics online. Most of them ridicule this movie for its unrealism of a kid running away and into the woods. Hahaha. I had a blast doing this when I was around 10 years old. I mean seriously do these people not have a life when they were kids? Is this idea so far fetch that they can't imagine it can happen. Even so, is the imagination so limited that they can't fathom the idea. Well, no, it is none of these. From their "educated" analysis of the film it can be only two things, arrogance and stupidity.Lets hope their kids grow up as pathetic as they do eh? hahahah

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BittanyG
2013/06/06

The film is dreamy, nicely shot and with good young actors. I'm sure we'll see more of the three boys in the future. But this is a film by boys, about boyscout fantasies, for boys. A princess thrown in there for them to fantasize about but obviously with no content other than being just the pretty object of the boyscouts' dreams. So tired of this. But this is what gets funding from men as usual. All the f-ing time. The Hucklberry Finn dream the funders, director, producer etcetera have about what they wish they would have dared to do when they were young. I guess it's pretty good but myself I'm soooo longing for the film, just one please, by and about young women coming of age and not please just centred about dreaming about boys. Im sure the script is out there, unfunded by the men sitting on the money. So no this is not a teen movie or a coming of age movie. It's a boys movie. And yes pretty good but had enough of them. Btw the Belagio(?) boy too weird and didn't really fit in to the rest of the story, could've been tuned down a bit. Good acting though. Liked the father role and the one playing him.

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Tss5078
2013/06/07

Everyone thinks their parents are crazy, but in the case of Joe, Patrick, & Biaggio, their parents really are nuts. Looking to escape the insanity of their every day lives, the boys decide one summer to build a cabin in the woods, where they can live off the land like men. Nick Robinson stars as Joe, and gives a performance that is out of this world. In a film that stars three kids in the woods, it would be very easy for things to turn stupid very quickly, but as the leader of the pack, Joe not only keeps the group together, but keeps the story together. No matter what this young man does over the course of his career, he will have a hard time duplicating what was easily a career defining performance. Robinson is paired with Disney star Moises Arias, who until now I thought was just this weird little guy they used to guest in their shows. Arias plays Biaggio, easily one of the funniest characters I've seen in a very long time, some of the things that come out of his mouth are just fall on the floor funny. As the kids enjoy their time in the woods, their parents really start to show their crazy, as they go on a hunt for the lost boys. The characters were all unique in their own way, but Joe's father, played by Nick Offerman, was far and away the best, leading the parents the same way, his son lead the boys. From gigantic wontons to turtles on kites, The Kings of Summer is an extremely enjoyable film and the rare instance of a film that I wish was longer. I truly loved every second of this smart coming of age comedy, for it's uniqueness and young exciting cast. Blending dramatic and comedic elements, The Kings of Summer is that perfect mix that takes you from laughter to tears and back again. For that, this film is an easy choice for one of our must see movies!

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