The Summer Book
2024 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 7.2
A child, her father, and her grandmother spend a quiet summer at a family cabin on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland. As they share simple days outdoors and late-night talks, each tries to process a recent loss, leaning on small rituals, hard questions, and the comfort of being together.
Based on The Summer Book
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2025-01-31
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (28 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like gentle, meditative family dramas about grief, aging, and growing up, with small moments over big plot—Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear answers, or constant action like The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Pros: tender grandparent bond; calming island atmosphere; thoughtful life questions | Cons: slow episodic pacing; thin meandering story; overly earnest tone
Themes
- based on novel or book
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- coming of age
- death of mother
- finland
Cast & crew
Glenn Close
as Grandmother
Anders Danielsen Lie
as Father
- EM
Emily Matthews
as Sophia
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Eriksson
Pekka Strang
as Mr. Malander
Sophia Heikkilä
as Mrs. Malander
- TZ
Theo Zilliacus
as Tofer
Directed by Charlie McDowell