Kings of Summer

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Movie
German title Kings of Summer
Original title The Kings of Summer
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts
script Chris Galletta
production Tyler Davidson ,
John Hodges ,
Peter Saraf
music Ryan Miller
camera Ross squad
cut Terel Gibson
occupation

Kings of Summer (Original title: The Kings of Summer , Festival Title: Toy House ) is an American dramatic comedy film from 2013 .

action

The life of the teenager Joe Toy is dictated by his single father Frank, who constantly patronizes him. Joe's friend Patrick is also annoyed by his boring parents. As the summer vacation begins, Joe and Patrick are invited to a party by their schoolmate Kelly, which is ended prematurely by an angry neighbor. On his way home, Joe meets the strange-looking Biaggio, with whom he discovers a clearing in a nearby forest. Joe makes the decision to build a house with Patrick and Biaggio at this point in order to be free from responsibility and their parents. When the self-built house is completed, the three youngsters tear away from home to spend the summer there. After Joe and Biaggio's attempts to fend for themselves by hunting animals in the wilderness fail, they end up in the local supermarket. Patrick's parents are now worried and turn on the police. Only Joe's father Frank sees the situation calmly, since he believes that his son would provoke him with this action and want to explore his limits.

On one of his forays, Joe sees Kelly doing her vacation job on a golf course. Kelly tells him that she broke up with her boyfriend and that everyone is worried about the three runaways. Joe then tells her about the house in the forest and invites her to visit. When Kelly stops by with her girlfriend and a boyfriend, Joe sees Kelly and Patrick get closer. Since Joe has feelings for Kelly himself, Patrick and him have an argument one more night while playing Monopoly. Joe accuses Kelly of standing between the friends like a cancer and destroying everything, whereupon Kelly runs away in dismay. Joe orders Patrick to run after her and not come back. Biaggio also leaves the house after Joe explains that he wants to be alone now.

Weeks later, Joe still lives alone in the woods. He's now running out of money and trying his hand at hunting. Kelly, meanwhile, blames himself after Joe is still missing and wanted, but none of his friends reveal the location of their hiding place. Finally, Kelly seeks Joe's father Frank and tells him that she can take him to his son. Biaggio also worries about Joe and receives advice from his father never to let friends down. Meanwhile, Kelly and Frank have arrived at the house and see Joe sitting in a corner threatened by a poisonous snake. While they are trying to help Joe, Biaggio suddenly appears and tries to kill the snake with a machete. Biaggio is bitten by the snake. Joe can cut off the snake's head. When Biaggio's health deteriorates rapidly after the bite, they drive Frank's car to the hospital. Biaggio survives the snakebite and Frank explains to Joe how proud he is of him. Joe's friendship with Patrick and Kelly also seems to have been restored after the events in the forest.

In one post-credit scene , Biaggio continues to spend time at her home in the woods.

production

The film was shot in the summer of 2012 in various locations in Ohio including Cleveland , Chagrin Falls , Lyndhurst and South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville .

The film grossed $ 1.315 million worldwide.

reception

Kings of Summer scores 61/100 on Metacritic based on 33 reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , 76% of the reviews are positive. The average rating is 6.9 / 10 based on 111 reviews. In conclusion, it says: "Thanks to the loving acting and a lovable imbalance, The Kings of Summer proves to be an easy entry into the overcrowded genre of coming-of-age films."

Christoph Petersen von Filmstarts said that Kings of Summer was “a stylish, hip update of the coming-of-age super-classic Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer ” and that the film was “instead of heart and charm [...] worn out independent cinema- Clichés and hackneyed sitcom routines ”.

The film service judges that the “visually appealingly photographed” but “wood-mounted coming-of-age film” ends in a “half-baked teen comedy”.

publication

Kings of Summer premiered on January 19, 2013 during the Sundance Film Festival under the title Toy House . The title of the film was later changed to The Kings of Summer .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Kings of Summer at boxofficemojo.com, accessed November 4, 2015
  2. ^ The Kings of Summer . In: Metacritic . Retrieved November 5, 2016. (English)
  3. ^ The Kings of Summer . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 5, 2016: "Thanks to charming performances and endearingly off-kilter spirit, The Kings of Summer proves to be a slight, sweet entry in the crowded coming-of-age genre."
  4. ↑ Film release review: The Kings of Summer . In: film starts . Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Short review The Kings of Summer . In: Filmdienst . Retrieved November 5, 2016.