The Kings of Summer. The first stirrings love. The quest for freedom. Conflicts with parents. The desire to become an adult. All these memories resurface in viewing Kings of Summer, nice debut director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
This teen, Joe (Nick Robinson), age 14, saw full. Between a father who did not and Kelly (Erin Moriarty) has the object of his love that clip for another, Joe seeks his bearings. Become a man, is the solution. During the summer with his friends Patrick and Biaggio, Joe built a real house in the woods that will allow them to live as adults. But this new freedom will not be as idyllic as expected.
Written by Chris Galletta, a former employee of the Late Show with David Letterman, The Kings of Summer offers frankly comic dialogues. Part family Monopoly degenerates while delivery wonton disproportionate turns almost confrontational. Some characters are downright hilarious. That of Biaggio, played with aplomb by Moises Arias (Nacho Libre), steals the show with his eccentricity. Just as Patrick's mother, played by Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) without lapsing into caricature. By cons, we would have liked a more equitable balance between comedy and drama. Thus, the relationship between Joe and his father could have been more thorough.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts put his camera in the small town of Chagrin Falls, a suburb of Cleveland. The resulting images are beautiful (lush forests, majestic waterfalls, endless fields of view). In addition to treating the photograph, the filmmaker offers a soundtrack that fits perfectly with the story airs MGMT, Thin Lizzy and Youth Lagoon.
The Kings of Summer
To make her more believable characters, Vogt-Roberts uses little or no known actors. Nick Robinson, who was his first experience in a feature film, plays Joe with a disarming naturalness. And Gabriel Basso (Super 8), which personifies his friend Patrick. In fact, the entire cast proves flawless, except Mary Lynn Rajskub in police, which still offers the same look stupid its Chloe 24.
Presented at Sundance last February, Stand by Me 2000s surely deserves to be seen on the big screen.
This teen, Joe (Nick Robinson), age 14, saw full. Between a father who did not and Kelly (Erin Moriarty) has the object of his love that clip for another, Joe seeks his bearings. Become a man, is the solution. During the summer with his friends Patrick and Biaggio, Joe built a real house in the woods that will allow them to live as adults. But this new freedom will not be as idyllic as expected.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts put his camera in the small town of Chagrin Falls, a suburb of Cleveland. The resulting images are beautiful (lush forests, majestic waterfalls, endless fields of view). In addition to treating the photograph, the filmmaker offers a soundtrack that fits perfectly with the story airs MGMT, Thin Lizzy and Youth Lagoon.
The Kings of Summer
To make her more believable characters, Vogt-Roberts uses little or no known actors. Nick Robinson, who was his first experience in a feature film, plays Joe with a disarming naturalness. And Gabriel Basso (Super 8), which personifies his friend Patrick. In fact, the entire cast proves flawless, except Mary Lynn Rajskub in police, which still offers the same look stupid its Chloe 24.
Presented at Sundance last February, Stand by Me 2000s surely deserves to be seen on the big screen.