Fresh
Coming on like Stand by Me meets Son of Rambow, the boys' adventure is essentially dreamy indie-teen wish-fulfilment.
Catherine Bray, Time Out
The Kings of Summer
Why live when you can rule.
2013 · 1h 35m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Overview
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
Director and cast
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts Director
- Nick Robinson as Joe Toy
- Gabriel Basso as Patrick Keenan
- Moisés Arias as Biaggio
- Alison Brie as Heather Toy
- Nick Offerman as Frank Toy
- Megan Mullally as Mrs. Keenan
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Captain Davis
- Angela Trimbur as FacePaint
- Erin Moriarty as Kelly
- Lili Reinhart as Vicki
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A warm and affectionate comedy about that last great summer when you're 13 or 14 and you don't realize just how much your life is about to change and things will never be the same.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
This willfully eccentric tale about teenage boys in suburban Ohio fleeing their families to live in the deep woods plays like an erratic comic revue slapped together at theater camp.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Rotten
There is much here to admire, but the overall impression is of a film that does not have the courage of its convictions.
Sheila O'Malley, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Once they go into the woods, the movie becomes as interesting as watching kids hang around and play with sticks.
Mick LaSalle, Hearst Newspapers
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