Hot Summer Nights
2017 · Movie · NR · 107 min · ★ 6.6 · 44% critics
In the summer of 1991 on Cape Cod, a sheltered teen gets swept into a fast, risky world of weed dealing, parties, and first love. As the money and thrills build, the fun starts to curdle, and he realizes he’s gotten in far deeper than he ever expected.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2018-07-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (810 votes)
About
If you like coming-of-age stories with romance, partying, and a darker edge, this could work for you, especially if you enjoyed We Are Your Friends; Not for you if you want a grounded, tightly plotted story.
Pros: strong lead performances; nostalgic summer vibe; catchy soundtrack | Cons: far-fetched plot turns; uneven tone; predictable beats
Themes
- drug dealer
- summer residence
- massachusetts
- coming of age
- marijuana
- drug dealing
- summer
- cape cod
- summer romance
- 1990s
- illicit trade
- teenager
Cast & crew
Timothée Chalamet
as Daniel Middleton
Maika Monroe
as McKayla Strawberry
Alex Roe
as Hunter Strawberry
Maia Mitchell
as Amy Calhoun
Thomas Jane
as Sergeant Calhoun
Emory Cohen
as Dex
William Fichtner
as Shep
Jack Kesy
as Ponytail
Thomas Blake, Jr.
as Taylor
Kimberly Battista
as Vice Principle Finney
Directed by Elijah Bynum