Stolen Summer Reviews
Despite all the flaws, plot holes, and continuity screw-ups, this was an enjoyable and sweet movie with a cute story.
| Apr 29, 2009
The background and conditions under which this film (part of HBO's Proejct Greenlight) was produced and documented (with step-by-step accuracy, humor, and cynicism, and self-importance) overshadow by far its underwhelming artistic merits; it's a clunker
| Original Score: D+ | Feb 9, 2007
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005
A nice film with some really great actors
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2005
Not nearly as entertaining as the behind-the-scenes stories.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2005
...an affable slice-of-life tale.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003
The young stars are too cute; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative; the message is too blatant; the resolutions are too convenient.
Full Review | Original Score: 68/100 | Dec 31, 2002
Jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002
Debut effort by "Project Greenlight" winner is sappy and amateurish.
| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 7, 2002
A period story about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell.
| Sep 23, 2002
| Original Score: A- | Sep 18, 2002
A sweet, engaging family story about the nature of faith and the power of youthful innocence.
| Original Score: B | Jul 15, 2002
The behind the scenes series is more interesting than the resulting movie, but it's still worth taking a look.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 28, 2002
Nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here.
| Original Score: C- | Jun 27, 2002
Contrived, maudlin and cliche-ridden...if this sappy script was the best the contest received, those rejected must have been astronomically bad.
| Original Score: D+ | Jun 5, 2002
The kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion.
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 31, 2002
| Original Score: 8/10 | May 19, 2002
The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection, so we believe these characters love each other.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 16, 2002
For a movie made outside the usual Hollywood system, Stolen Summer looks a lot like a movie made inside the system. The 온라인카지노추천 movie system.
Full Review | May 16, 2002
Even when his technique is amateurish, Jones' belief in the material is refreshing.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 16, 2002