Available on DVD and Blu Ray - “The Kings Of Summer” – (2013) – This coming of age tale concerning three teenaged boys (Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso and Moises Arias) who decide to run away from home and build their own domain in the wilderness features striking cinematography and a handful of inspired sequences, though the experience is repeatedly undermined by a flippant, scattershot execution and a highly uneven improvisational approach. The narrative often strains for profundity when it’s obvious that the material just isn’t there.
I have a long-standing crush on Megan Mullally, though her role as an annoying mom here is completely insufferable. I could only laugh at a segment (intended to be serious) where one of the boys is bitten by a venomous gopher snake, subsequently developing a swollen leg and foaming mouth… gopher snakes aren’t venomous.
Most will remember the vertically challenged and outright weird “Biaggio”, played by Moises Arias, but for all the wrong reasons.
The Kings of Summer isn’t bad, though I'm steadfast in believing it to be one of the more highly overrated films of 2013.
6.0 out of 10
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Cast: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Erin Moriarty, Craig Cackowski, Megan Mullally, Gillian Vigman and Alison Brie
Run-Time: 95 minutes
MPAA: Rated R for language and some teen drinking
hadn't heard of this one
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