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Summer Storm (2006)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:15

Rotten:15

Average Rating:5.7/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality, language and drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Tobi and Achim have been best friends for years. As cox and oarsman, they have helped their team win several rowing cups in the past and are now looking forward to the big regatta in the... Tobi and Achim have been best friends for years. As cox and oarsman, they have helped their team win several rowing cups in the past and are now looking forward to the big regatta in the countryside. But this trip is no summer camp anymore and the first problems soon arise. As Achim’s relationship with his girlfriend grows more serious, Tobi starts to realize that his feelings for Achim run deeper than he’s willing to admit to himself. He feels confused, unsure of himself and increasingly left out. When the much-anticipated Berlin girls’ team is replaced by a team of athletic, cliché-busting young gay men, Tobi and his teammates are suddenly forced to grapple with their prejudices, their fears, and, perhaps, their hidden longings. As the tension grows, Tobi, Achim and the others head towards a confrontation as fierce and ultimately as liberating as the summer storm gathering over the lake… Summer Storm highlights the emotional confusion of a young man at the threshold of adulthood. Bolstering the film’s authenticity is the dazzling characterization of Tobi by award-winning young Robert Stadlober ( Best Leading Actor at the Montreal Film Festival, 2001). © Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Jürgen Tonkel

Starring: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Jürgen Tonkel, Tristano Casanova, Miriam Morgenstern, Marlon Kittel, Hanno Koffler

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Though the characters and plot are all paint-by-numbers, Summer Storm is still a fairly charming look at what it's like for a typical teen jock to admit he's not so typical, after all.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/17/06
Neva Chonin
Neva Chonin
San Francisco Chronicle
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Beautifully shot, with natural acting and sensitive storytelling that honestly grapples with difficult themes.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
04/05/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

'Coming out' films are now rituals, patterned like dances, and Marco Kreuzpaintner's Summer Storm hits its generic marks.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
03/24/06
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

An observant and sensitively played drama about adolescent sexuality, unrequited love and heartbreak.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/17/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Hey, Toby, I know what you did last summer: you went gay!

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/25/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Best for Robert Stadlober's touching performance.

Full Review Source: EDGE Boston | comment Comment
03/17/06
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
EDGE Boston

Stadlober, a young Austrian actor cast in the leading role, is charming enough to survive most of the movie's labored attempts to lighten up.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
03/31/06
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

Tale of a high-school rowing team's captain going through major changes during a week-long training retreat is routine in some aspects, but compensates via psychologically sharp writing and performances.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/17/06
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Humor, toned bods, a mellow soundtrack and far too much predictability are the highlights and lowlight of Summer Storm.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
05/11/06
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A tonally inconsistent coming-out story that wavers between earnest drama and dopey teen sex comedy.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
03/17/06
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

Summer Storm is another of those soft-core, simple-minded stories about a geeky young gay man (Robert Stadlober as Tobi) struggling with his sexuality over the course of a long, hot, sexed-up summer.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/23/06
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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Kreuzpaintner junks up this simple gay coming-of-age story with too many subplots and sitcomlike situations.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
05/26/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

It's sunny and frothy, with odd laugh-out-loud moments.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
05/12/06
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Someone should tell the poor guy that being gay doesn't have to mean being this lame.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
03/15/06
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
03/30/06
Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The slo-mo opening, accompanied by sappy music, tells you everything you need to know about Summer Storm, an uninspired gay coming-of-age import from Germany.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/24/06
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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For a small coming-of-age film, this picture is remarkably well photographed and acted. But the single-mindedness with which it seems determined to have almost everyone rowing in the same sexual direction finally becomes a bit oppressive.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
03/23/06
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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This gay coming-of-age film from Germany ultimately has few original aspects, but it is an intelligently wrought drama that makes it a respectable entry in the genre.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/10/06
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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One of the film's major assets is Stadlober's winningly natural performance -- his moody charisma is irresistible.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/21/06
Elliott Stein
Elliott Stein
Village Voice
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Kreutzpainter limns his multifarious characters with an amiable, unforced humor and an authentic feel for the ways in which good kids respond to peer pressure with less-than-admirable behavior.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
03/24/06
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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