Hot Summer Nights
A24 | Release Date: July 27, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJul 27, 2018
The film is a disappointingly empty experience. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaJul 26, 2018
As it cliff dives, unprompted, into reheated cocaine-nightmare territory done better by any number of 1990s ’70s nostalgia films before it, it not only ceases to be fun, but stops pretending it has any vision for where its lead characters should go. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 26, 2018
Perhaps this picture’s higher function is to be a calling card. But I don’t know what a calling-card project that demonstrates that its maker can semi-successfully mimic artistically vital but uncommercial directors is supposed to prove. For me, it mostly proved a waste of time. Read full review
30
TheWrapRobert AbeleJul 24, 2018
The characters, the dumb dialogue, and the story mechanics are the biggest problems with “Hot Summer Nights,” which never convinces, while it uses an annoying, legend-building voiceover narration from an unseen local to keep hawking the notion that we’re seeing life-changing, mythic events. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineHenry StewartJul 20, 2018
Like the teenagers at its center, Hot Summer Nights tries too hard to look cooler than it ever could be. Read full review
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