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Kings of Summer, The (15)

Kings of Summer, The (15)

Comedy

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.


The critical consensus

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and screenwriter Chris Galletta don't quite manage to dovetail the different elements – kooky fable, pastoral charmer, family drama – but there's tender characterisation, good performances and fabulous deadpan humour from Joe's dad (Nick Offerman).

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 25/07/2013

Pleasant, but predictable.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 22/08/2013

Deadpan hilarious; good-natured; and with a nicely judged, ever so slightly heightened reality that is fitting for those formative, emotionally intensified teenage years.

****(*)Laurence Phelan, The Independent, 22/08/2013

A warm-hearted and commendably daft comedy about three high-school boys who build a home in the woods.

***(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 21/08/2013

The offbeat Arias may steal a lot of the more memorable comedic moments, but it’s Robinson and Basso who provide the heart and soul, especially once ‘love’ threatens to come between them. Offerman’s memorably sarcastic dad also adds extra value to a film that has lots to recommend it.

****(*)Rob Carnevale, The List, 27/08/2013

Quirky, funny, occasionally too whimsical and at times implausible, it's rather like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn meeting the cast of Rebel Without a Cause.

Philip French, The Observer, 25/08/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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