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- 1993
- PG-13
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Seven friends reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp in Ontario they used to attend as kids which is now threatened with being closed down.
Directed By: Mike Binder
Written By: Mike Binder
- 1993
- PG-13
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
Indian Summer
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Summary Seven friends reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp in Ontario they used to attend as kids which is now threatened with being closed down.
Directed By: Mike Binder
Written By: Mike Binder
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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28% Positive
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5 Reviews
67% Mixed
12 Reviews
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6% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
51
28% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
67% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A lovely though stubbornly shallow romp in nostalgia mixed with contemporary adult angst. [23 Apr 1993, p.C7]
Awash in romantic nostalgia for bygone childhood spent in summer camps, Indian Summer is a sentimental, TV sitcom-like, feel-good film. However, its humor and first-rate acting could ensure a strong opening and modest longterm B.O. life.
How truly, madly, deeply mediocre is Indian Summer, the comedy-drama about adults returning to summer camp, released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures? So mediocre it makes the 1966 Disney scouts-in-the-woods comedy ``Follow Me, Boys'' look good. [26 Apr 1993, p.D05]
Slap together Meatballs and The Big Chill and you're left with Indian Summer, a movie that feels like cold leftovers from countless other feel-good ensemble comedies. [23 Apr 1993, p.9]
Indian Summer is as sunny as a June day is long and as charming as a late-night marshmallow roast and just about as fluffy. There's not much to the movie, although it seems desperately to want to be taken seriously. [20 Apr 1993]
On the plus side, this is probably the only film ever made that credits a “Moose Unit.” There are some great shoots of moose.
Indian Summer is a mish-mash of mediocre formulas. Although there are several good comedy sequences, this uneven humor is unable to camouflage the essential weakness of the storyline. The script, which relies heavily on conflict, doesn't present us with any believable characters. Reunion stories have been done so often that for one to make an impression, it needs a new angle (Peter's Friends, Kenneth Branagh's recent film, fell into the same trap). Indian Summer doesn't even attempt to strike out towards new ground. It finds a comfortable, cliche-filled groove and sits there.
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Production Company
Touchstone Pictures,
Touchwood Pacific Partners 1,
Outlaw Productions (I)
Release Date Apr 23, 1993
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A Comedy About Eight Friends Who Return To The Best Summer Of Their Lives!
