
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even thoug... (Full plot summary below)
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The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets.
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| Bust MagazineKelly Maxwellt all sounds like pretty familiar coming-of-age film fodder, but Ping Pong Summer reinvigorates the genre. |
| IndiewireKyle BurtonAn affectionate love letter to a bygone era of growing up, Ping Pong Summer brims with specific pop culture minutiae, making it easy to assume the movie has been intended as a farce, but it has more going on beneath the surface. |
| CraveOnlineFred TopelPing Pong Summer may be an inside joke, but it's my inside joke. |
| Village VoiceKatherine VuIt's a throwback film in both style and sentiment, and what it lacks in depth, it make up for with warmth. |
| HeyUGuysStefan PapeDownright absurd, but ineffably entertaining, and you simply have to take this for what it is, and get on board. |
| Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.A heartfelt retro flashback littered with pop-culture iconography and much slang, it focuses on the importance of friendship and loyalty rather than social standing. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanGrowing up is a universal process of life to which anyone will be able to connect. "Ping Pong Summer" perfectly encapsulates this feeling, born out of the nostalgia of youth and times long past. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfWhile there are substantial shortcomings to the picture, it knows how to have a good time, playing with teen cinema conventions as it checks off its laundry list of references and sense memories. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe film coasts on its time-capsule fetishism and affable supporting turns from Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson, but it never achieves the emotional punch of like-minded comedies such as "Adventureland" and "The Way, Way Back." |
| The PlaylistDrew TaylorWhat Ping Pong Summer lacks in conviction or ingenuity, it makes up for in heart. The nostalgia that the entire film is built upon doesn’t seem misplaced. |