Summer of '42
Summer of '42

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Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Summer of '42:

Jennifer O'Neill
Gary Grimes
Jerry Houser
Oliver Conant
Katherine Allentuck
Christopher Norris

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Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her.

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Time Out - 10/10 by Geoff AndrewIt forever misses, unlike American Graffiti, the heady sexual climate of adolescence to concentrate on the circumstances of the sex act itself.
The Observer (UK) - 8/10 by Philip FrenchThe movie isn't set up to tell a story about a boy who was young in the summer of 1942; it insists on presenting itself, instead, as an adult memory of that long-ago summer. We don't learn very much about the boy because the movie's adult point of view refuses to come to terms with him.
Empire - 6/10 by William ThomasAnother coming-of-age tale about three boys and their quest to become men, which invariably revolves around having sex and puerile behaviour but then changes tack completely by giving us lush scenery. If the director had remained with one idea then perhaps the end product wouldn't seem so varied.
Chicago Reader - 6/10 by Dave KehrPerhaps too simple and damply nostalgic to rank with Mulligan’s best work, but still illuminated by an intense identification with adolescent confusion, beautifully communicated by Mulligan’s subjective camera technique.
Movie Metropolis - 6/10 by James PlathOne of the cinematic coming-of-age stories that started a trend.
New York Times - 6/10 by Vincent CanbyRobert Mulligan's Summer of '42 is a memory movie, written, directed and acted with such uncommon good humor that I don't think you'll be put off by its sweet soft-focus, at least until you start analyzing it afterwards.
Classic Film and Television - 6/10 by Michael E. GrostVisually lyrical film romance also has problems with dubious views on teen sexuality.
User Review - 10/10 by Soumo MComing-of-age done well. Somethings every adolescent has gone through an
User Review - 10/10 by Cathy CHaunting score. Wonderful performances. Sad, funny film.
User Review - 10/10 by Angella RStunning coming of age flick. hehe poor hermie going to "throw water balloons." He's so innocent... for a while;)

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