Chasing Summer
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59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 28, 2026
There’s real wisdom to Chasing Summer, which Shlesinger and Decker offset with a handful of steamier-than-you’d-expect sex scenes. Read full review
83
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferJan 28, 2026
Chasing Summer earns a lot of goodwill with a rowdy climax that plays into Shlesinger’s strengths as a humorist. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonJan 28, 2026
Letting yourself be loved is not exactly an original message, but here it’s the comedy that counts and Schlesinger is generous with her script, giving even minor characters their fair share of jokes. Read full review
58
IndieWireRyan LattanzioJan 28, 2026
Shlesinger’s leading performance has the stuff of a star-making turn, though the film isn’t distinctive enough from its peers and predecessors to match the actor’s obvious onscreen charisma. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRichard LawsonJan 28, 2026
Chasing Summer often plays as the most peculiar Hallmark movie ever made. I want that to be a good thing, but it unfortunately is not. Read full review
40
The GuardianAdrian HortonJan 29, 2026
Chasing Summer at least outruns the charge of being boring, though at what cost. Read full review
40
TheWrapChase HutchinsonJan 28, 2026
Though there are flashes of more chaotic comedy that get the pulse racing here and there, for the most part Chasing Summer is a surprisingly safe genre riff. Read full review
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