Summertime

Name: Summertime
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: July 9, 2021
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Amaya Blankenship, Austin Antoine, Bene't Benton, Bryce Banks, Caedmon Branch

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Good Deed Entertainment | Release Date: July 9, 2021 | R

Starring: Amaya Blankenship, Austin Antoine, Bene't Benton, Bryce Banks, Caedmon Branch, Gabriela de Luna, Gordon Ip, Joël Dupont, Maia Mayor, Marquesha Babers, Mila Cuda, Walter Finnie Jr.

Summary: Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them justOver the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.… Expand

Director: Carlos López Estrada

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jul 16, 2021

On paper, it sounds iffy; in execution, however, it’s absolutely glorious, a gleeful glide through adolescence that doesn’t gloss over pangs of grief or grimmer thoughts. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Oct 5, 2021

Carlos López Estrada, who directed 2018’s Oakland-set Blindspotting, developed this original “spoken word musical” from the work of young Los Angelean poets into a sort of contemporary version of Fame. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 28, 2020

This fleet-footed, kaleidoscopic showcase is all about finding your voice so that the world can start to appreciate what it doesn’t know about those it hears from far too seldom. Read full review

The Film Stage Dan Mecca

Jan 28, 2020

Frankly, this is content that makes one feel a bit better about the future. All the poems may not connect, all of the performances may not stick, and the ending may play a bit more maudlin than intended, but the energy on display and the goodness therein should be enough to melt the coldest of hearts. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jul 13, 2021

Summertime is the first movie ever like Summertime, and on that basis alone, we should appreciate it. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Jan 28, 2020

By its nature, the film is uneven—Estrada shares screenwriting duty with a whopping 25 poets, and as with any poetry slam, some performances are better than others, both in terms of the words themselves and in the highly variable acting abilities of these mostly first-time stars. Read full review

Jenny Nulf

Jul 14, 2021

Summertime’s boisterous enthusiasm sometimes finds an endearing spark, but it never erupts like the fireworks that scatter across the L.A. skyline at the film’s end. It’s a mess and it’s exhausting, with its heart always on the brink of exploding from its exhilarating optimistic nature. Read full review

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