Hot Summer Nights (2018)

Hot summer nights is a pretty good teenage nostalgia film for those trying to relive the early 90's, but lacks something in its core that I can't quite place. It's nostalgic but not so much that it distracts from the story, however they missed a few opportunities to really showcase what life was really like on the cape in 91'. The soundtrack would have been incredible in any other movie, but for this one it just didn't work. Using music to tell a story or create a feeling in a scene is incredibly important, and mixing genres/decades is great in normal movies but with a nostalgia piece like this one it confuses the audience. The Shangri-Las and the Outfield? The casting was fantastic, this is what makes the film better than what it is. Timothee Chalmet is a great actor, and but kinda struggles to find a balance between being the smart one, and being the naive one at the same time. I can't wait to see what his future productions are going to be, I think he makes great choices on screen. Miaka Monroe is so gorgeous, and she did good playing the troubled dream girl persona. I would have definitely liked to have seen what happened to these too after the summer ended. Did they end up together in some random trailer park with 6 kids? Or did they run away and find themselves in a better situation? All in all Hot Summer Nights was a pretty good movie, I would recommend it, even with its off kilter soundtrack it's still a good time.

Timothee Chalamet has become a face of Young Hollywood. Last year he was seen in "Lady Bird" and "Call Me By Your Name" (the latter received his first Oscar Bid). This year is his entrance to drug roles with this and "Beautiful Boy". The latter will likely be more critically acclaimed. This movie left me originally thinking "Yeah it was good" until I realized I was still thinking about it days later. I gave it another try and passed its initial viewing. It does have some story problems and pacing issues, but overall it's Stellar work from a newcomer

In the flood of coming-of-age stories, Hot Summer Nights definitely stands out. It has a bit of everything; drama, romance, crime even and some light humour as well. The acting and directing are stellar but what especially deserves to be mentioned is the amazing soundtrack, great songs just follow each other from beginning until the end. There are some things that seem a bit over the top but this film still completely hooks you in and is very enjoyable. If you are a fan of coming-of-age stories and you wish to see something quite fresh, I would definitely recommend you go see it.

This is a critic's review on a film called 'Hot Summer Nights' - criticized the whole affair as "empty," and referred to the film as "A sweaty pastiche that shares its protagonist's desire to be all things to all people, only to wind up losing any sense of itself along the way." - - OK, so he - this is why critics "most that is" cannot be trusted; lets break this down, he says, this is empty, so because its empty that means its a bad film , really? so a "full" film is good. what does empty or full even mean? The film was richly layered bolstering the entire gambit of our human condition. Next, A sweaty Pastiche that shares its protagonist's desire to be all things to all people - So if the protagonist is perhaps diffident, cordial, thoughtful and in his desire to please everyone totters and makes a few mistakes, this makes him a bad character, thus empty, thus a badly composed story? what? Yes his empty, he then finds a jot fulfillment coming from pretty much nothing at a time when life was pretty dang hard, lots of people not many jobs, high rent coupled with paltry wages, born poor makes someone a bad character? Then he says, only to end up losing any sense of itself (what is "itself" is he referring to the movie, the plot, the character development? The protagonist was the best part of the tale; in fact if not for him, we would not have a story to unfold... The protagonist as it were, went from the kiddy pool of to the biggest darkest ominous ocean - and saved him self from drowning with a mysterious ending. Hot Summer Nights is intriguing and captivating. so what is the problem? All the components are there to relate a tale. Now if the critic had said, yes, it was a story and I did not find any plot holes or the continuity was pushed a little bit here and perhaps there, or the writer tied the threads but I just didn't like it and here are the reasons: Now that is a critic, hell yeah! But to discount and discredit the writing, the directing, the cinematography, the acting for what seems to be personal issues, that's not a critic, that 's a toolbox - step down sir, cause you cannot express yourself from an impartial plane, because if you could you would not try to foist your lamo pseudo intellectual nonsense about how to compose a film when you know absolutely anything about the writing process! This gem kicked ass from beginning to end: and Timothée Chalamet has definitely proven himself as the next big thing in Hollywood. So looking forward to following his career. Anytime his handsome mug (not saying that when he gets old it will be different, no in fact, he will probably be better lol) but one thing is for sure, he shant EVER need the assistance of any Hollywood neon sign from which to shine, for when he makes his presence in any scene, make sure to have some shades handy, cause this superlative thespian will surely light up the sky! Superstar on the real!