Cruel Summer

2016

Drama / Horror / Thriller

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38%
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 1234 1.2K

Plot summary

Young Autism sufferer Danny enjoys the serenity and solitude of camping. That's all about to change when enraged teens Nicholas, Calvin and Julia find him, each with their own agenda for wanting to see Danny suffer.

Director

Top cast

Leah Rees Photo
Leah Rees as Calvin's Mum
Thomas Conning Photo
Thomas Conning as Shop Keeper
Richard Pawulski Photo
Richard Pawulski as Danny
Danny Miller Photo
Danny Miller as Nicholas
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
735.45 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 3
1.47 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 5 / 10

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Reviewed by 4 / 10

Not based on a true story.

This film implies it's based on a true story which I think is dishonest. It's loosely "inspired" by a few different notable violent crimes. Presenting it as based-on-a-true-story is a cheap way to make their movie seem more legitimate. The main characters are trashy and uninteresting. No depth. No real emotion. To the reviewer favorably comparing this to Bully and Boys Don't Cry, you are either part of the film crew or completely ignorant when it comes to filmmaking and story telling. This film is somehow managed to be pretensious and trashy at the same time.
Reviewed by 6 / 10

Tells a story, but doesn't offer anything more

I'm a little torn over how I feel about 'Cruel Summer'. It's based on a true story, which makes the pretty horrific theme of the film even tougher to stomach. It's certainly a movie that pulls no punches and I always appreciate that in a movie. Showing everything and not holding back is a way of honouring your audience and showing them respect.My problem with the film though is that I'm not sure it earns the right to show what it does. What I mean by that is that a film has to do more than simply be a retelling of events. It also needs to provide commentary and subliminal opinions, otherwise it might as well be a dramatisation featured in a documentary. I felt that 'Cruel Summer' was too simple in its approach. At times it doesn't even feel like a movie you are watching.This film is certainly not for the faint-hearted. There are some pretty horrific images featured here that are definitely not going to be to everyone's liking. It's a watchable movie, that could have been more.
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