The Kings of Summer

Name: The Kings of Summer
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 31, 2013
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Alison Brie, Erin Moriarty, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Basso, Mary Lynn Rajskub

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CBS Films | Release Date: May 31, 2013 | R

Starring: Alison Brie, Erin Moriarty, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Basso, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megan Mullally, Moisés Arias, Nick Offerman, Nick Robinson

Summary: Three unhappy teenage boys head into the wilderness with a plan to build a house and live off the land.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Nell Minow

Jun 6, 2013

Wise, touching, and often wildly funny, Read full review

Time Out London Catherine Bray

Aug 21, 2013

A gorgeous, amusing ode to the pleasures of stretching your wings a little. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jun 7, 2013

A stylish and very funny teenage coming-of-age story graced with surreal fringes and a mysteriously hushed core. Read full review

Steve Davis

Jun 5, 2013

It’s Robinson’s tender portrayal of Joe that sticks in your mind. He and Tye Sheridan from "Mud" are the summer’s real finds: young actors with promising futures. Read full review

The Guardian Mike McCahill

Sep 22, 2014

The director's background in online shorts manifests itself in an occasional, montage-heavy scattiness, and the broadly conventional closing act can't quite maintain the laugh rate, but there's a lot of warm-hearted and commendably daft business along the way. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jun 7, 2013

The Kings of Summer flirts with profundity, seeming to yearn for it and fear the honest expression of it at the same time. There is much here to admire, but the overall impression is of a film that does not have the courage of its convictions. Read full review

Kyle Smith

May 30, 2013

Less a movie than a checklist of indiecinema clichés. Youth on a journey of self-discovery? Got it. Dead mom? Uh-huh. Wounded and entitled when it’s trying to be soulful, plotless, laden with indie rock and entirely overhyped at Sundance? Checkarooney. Read full review

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Interpaul

Oct 23, 2013

This independent gem is deserving of a much wider release. It is funny, nostalgic and poignant in all the right places and features four young actors/actress destined for great things. Already i hear that Nick Robinson is rumored to be up for a role in Jurassic World no doubt on the strengthThis independent gem is deserving of a much wider release. It is funny, nostalgic and poignant in all the right places and features four young actors/actress destined for great things. Already i hear that Nick Robinson is rumored to be up for a role in Jurassic World no doubt on the strength of this performance.… Expand