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The Kings of Summer
Directed by
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
R
2013
1h 33m
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7.1
77%
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Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
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Cast of The Kings of Summer
Nick Robinson
Joe Toy
Gabriel Basso
Patrick Keenan
Moisés Arias
Biaggio
Nick Offerman
Frank Toy
Erin Moriarty
Kelly
Craig Cackowski
Mr. Larson
Alison Brie
Heather Toy
Megan Mullally
Mrs. Keenan
Marc Evan Jackson
Mr. Keenan
William Sonnie
Track Suit
Nathan Keyes
Paul
Cristoffer Carter
Construction Kid
Priscilla Kaczuk
Grandma Keenan
Eugene Cordero
Colin
Gillian Vigman
Carol
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Captain Davis
Thomas Middleditch
Rookie Cop
Lili Reinhart
Vicki
Austin Abrams
Aaron
Paul Floriano
Italian Man
Brian Sacca
No Sideburns
Peter Karinen
No Sideburns' Friend
Tony Hale
Bus Passenger
Hannibal Buress
Bus Driver
Kumail Nanjiani
Gary
Jeffrey Grover
Detective
Eric Wasserman
Second Detective
Nick Rutherford
Visor
Angela Trimbur
Face Paint
Jennifer Lindgren
News Reporter
Michael Cipiti
Biaggio's Dad
Kim Bordwine
Nurse (uncredited)
Christina Cacic
High School Teacher (uncredited)
Justin Cooney
Teen / Beach Party (uncredited)
Anthony Daniel
High School Student (uncredited)
Eric Frank
Doctor (uncredited)
Logan Fry
Hospital Patient in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Joe Gallipoli
Doctor (uncredited)
David Gragg
Doctor (uncredited)
Hannah Harris
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Linda Marie Howell
Doctor in Plain Clothes (uncredited)
Christopher Kaczmarek
Boston Market Employee (uncredited)
Cole Kornell
Track Suit Friend (uncredited)
Maria Laskowski
High School Student (uncredited)
Daniel T. Martin
Detective (uncredited)
Derick Mayes
Nurse (uncredited)
Christine McBurney
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Shawn Michelle
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Tyler Moliterno
Big Italian Kid (uncredited)
Taylor Nelms
High School Student (uncredited)
Brady Novak
Deli Owner (uncredited)
David Sanborn
High School Student (uncredited)
Julie Simon
Teacher (uncredited)
Joel Thingvall
High School Principal (uncredited)
Josh Tippey
Paul's Friend (uncredited)
Nicole Tubbs
Doctor (uncredited)
Lisa Y. Wong
Doctor (uncredited)
Abigail Wylie
High School Student (uncredited)
Theresa Wylie
Doctor (uncredited)
The Kings of Summer Ratings & Reviews
Hearst Newspapers
Mick LaSalle
Once they go into the woods, the movie becomes as interesting as watching kids hang around and play with sticks.
Detroit News
Tom Long
In its small, independent way, "The Kings of Summer" rules.
Chicago Sun-Times
Sheila O'Malley
There is much here to admire, but the overall impression is of a film that does not have the courage of its convictions.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
The Kings of Summer is the cinematic equivalent of an Arctic-cold popsicle on a Sahara-hot day. Refreshing and satisfying but not overly sentimental, the film taps into the frustrations of adolescence with warmth and wit.
Chicago Sun-Times
Nell Minow
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and writer Chris Galletta bring a fresh and sympathetic eye to the story, evoking the pleasure of what feels - for a little while - like endless possibilities.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
The sharp wit, soft-focus cinematography and slow-motion lyricism lift it into the realm of this summer's nicest surprises.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
A stylish and very funny teenage coming-of-age story graced with surreal fringes and a mysteriously hushed core.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Starts out as a raunchy teen comedy, slips into nature-epic mode, then adds a romantic triangle and finally finds a comfort zone in family-sitcom land.
The Dissolve
Scott Tobias
It's impeccably stylized, but that only makes it seem more like hand-me-down Wes Anderson, a vaporous amassment of quirk.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
The tone of The Kings of Summer is unique: Stand by Me by way of Napoleon Dynamite.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts cut his teeth on network cable series and Internet comedy shorts, and it shows. Instead of developing a genuine perspective he simply repeats the same few stylistic gestures ad infinitum.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Sometimes, a movie just has a magic about it, something that makes you look past implausibility and plot holes and whatever other shortcomings it may have and leaves you feeling good just for having seen it.
IFC.com
Tim Grierson
"The Kings of Summer" boasts some of the deadpan melancholy one associates with Wes Anderson's best work, but it doesn't have quite the same bite or insight.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
[The Kings of Summer] has some vitality, but it sinks into cliché just the same.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
For all its humor and fleeting moments of beauty, The Kings of Summer feels like a cluster of cheap narrative devices posing as a finished film.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
The Kings of Summer may not be a great movie but it's definitely an original.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
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.
TIME Magazine
Mary F. Pols
It's easy enough to drift along with this slight, quirky charmer and when the puffed-up dramatic stuff gives way to the central theme of a father and son reconnecting, the film really works.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
The film starts unraveling fast as fable and reality collide in messy ways. But for a brief moment the kings have their day in the sun.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Like the fading of day into twilight, the ephemeral nature of youth is deftly captured in The Kings of Summer.
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