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Age of Summer

2018 · 89 min

A sun-soaked, gentle nostalgia trip through teenage summers, where small social struggles feel big and the ocean keeps things calm.

Directed by
Bill Kiely
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Overview
A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.

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Directed by
Bill Kiely
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • identity
  • love
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Bill Kiely
Written by
Bill Kiely, David B. Harris
Starring
Percy Hynes White, Jake Ryan, Charlotte Sabina, Diarmaid Murtagh, Peter Stormare, Hudson Ritchie, Jonathan Daviss, Bryana Salaz
Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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