Hot Summer Nights (2018)

R07/26/2018Drama, Crime1h 47m

One summer can change everything.

Overview

In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his head.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Timothée Chalamet

    Daniel Middleton

  2. Cast 1

    Maika Monroe

    McKayla Strawberry

  3. Cast 1

    Alex Roe

    Hunter Strawberry

  4. Cast 1

    Maia Mitchell

    Amy Calhoun

  5. Cast 1

    Thomas Jane

    Sergeant Calhoun

  6. Cast 1

    Emory Cohen

    Dex

  7. Cast 1

    William Fichtner

    Shep

  8. Cast 1

    Jack Kesy

    Ponytail

  9. Thomas Blake Jr.

    Taylor

(79/100) There should be more films made that take place in the 90s. And they should all star Timothee Chalamet and Maika Monroe. They're electrifying in Hot Summer Nights. This film is a bit of a mess at first, tonally jarring, and feels like Scorsese/P.T.Anderson-lite at times. But if you're going to borrow, borrow from the greats. It has a great soundtrack and is surprisingly dark by the end, ending on a note both mysterious and melancholic. It's these surprising elements and a bit of depth that makes Hot Summer Nights a pleasant summer diversion. There would be no film, however, without...