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Last Summer (1969)

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Last Summer is a frank coming-of-age tale that refuses to prettify its young characters or their activities. A group of aimless teens get together for sex, drugs and rock-and-roll on Fire Island. Timid, overweight Rhonda (Catherine Burns) is goaded into aberrant behavior by her peers, especially the promiscuous Sandy (Barbara Hershey). Enjoying Rhonda's discomfiture, Sandy encourages the boys in the group to gang-rape the poor girl. It was this scene, the first of its kind in a general-release

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

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Directed By: Frank Perry

Written By: Eleanor Perry

In Theaters: Jun 10, 1969 Wide

Cast

Barbara Hershey
Sandy
Richard Thomas
Peter
Bruce Davison
Dan
Cathy Burns
Rhoda
Ralph Waite
Peter's Father
Conrad Bain
Dan's Father
Bibi Andersson
Lou Gary
Town Hood
Ernesto Gonzalez
Anibal
Andrew Krance
Eileen Letchworth
Dan's Mother
Wayne Mayer
Town Hood
Maeve McGuire
Younger Woman
Ed Stevlingson
Sidney
Peter Turgeon
Mr. Caudell
Glen Walker
Boy at Dance

Critic Reviews for Last Summer

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1)

Like their subjects, they too frequently mistake postures for performances and smartness for wisdom.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

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The best thing about the movie, however, are the performances that Perry has gotten from his new players, who manage to seem variously awkward and strident, dense and dumb, and sometimes very innocent, without ever being self-conscious about it.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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There are good movies about other people's lives, but rarely a movie that recalls, if only for a scene or two, the sense and flavor of life the way you remember it.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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A brutal film, as well as an insightful one.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

One of those winsome, nostalgic beach movies.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

as disturbing as it is intriguing

February 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

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Another fascinating "End of the 60s" film that puts a capstone on a remarkable decade. I don't ever think I've seen an "end of innocence" theme portrayed quite so literally or more startlingly. A decade where everyone "grew up" quickly, became disabused of their naïveté, were

February 2, 2011

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One of the most boring, nonsensical, ill-edited, pieces of pretentious 1960's Oh-I'm-so-edgy, garbage!!! Oh i get it! Rhoda was the seagull! A-der-der!

February 2, 2011

Alaggio Laurino

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