Summer of '42

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ma v @RT99893878 Sep 4 Acting was ok but this is a totally inappropriate romanticizing of an older woman taking advantage of a young teen. Atrocious! See more Christie N @RT12289903 02/17/2025 It's really dated and quite a silly film I thought. I was annoyed with the characters who were very childish for 15 year old boys. I didn't buy into a beautiful woman having an affair with such a childish young boy either. Memorable movie score the best part about the film. Forgettable film. See more Iron Boy W @RT48217042 04/25/2023 love it i hope they make one day a true sequel to it where dorothy return See more dave s @RT68722908 02/03/2022 In Robert Mulligan's Summer of '42, Gary Grimes plays Hermie, a 15-year-old who is spending his summer on Nantucket Island with a couple of friends, wasting their days dreaming about girls and the mysteries they have to offer. Over time, Hermie develops a relationship with the beautiful but lonely Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill), a young woman whose husband was been sent to war. Yes, the film feels dated at times (the catchy but repetitive Michel Legrand music score, the outdated use of quick zooms, etc…) and much of the acting feels awkward, but the movie is effective in making one nostalgic for a place and time that most have never experienced, thanks primarily to its meticulous attention to detail, and the universal theme of the need to be wanted is something most can relate to. Despite its flaws, the final twenty minutes are a masterclass in subtlety and restraint and will tug at the emotions of even the most hardened viewer. See more delysid d @RT67044741 01/22/2022 i hate romance and child actors but this movie really grooved me See more 09/04/2021 Not a bad movie that is dated now about some kids coming of age on an island off of Maine at the start of WWII. It deals with one's infatuation of a very young wife whose husband just left to go off to war. (People got married at 18-19 back then even college kids, my great uncle lived in a married dorm). See more Read all reviews

Summer of '42

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