Title: Summer
Rating (out of 100): 80
Mood: pensive, sad, introspective about limitations and opportunities in life
Website: http://www.summerthemovie.co.uk/
Timeout / Culture Critic: http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/86436/summer.html / na
Summer, a movie that recently came out, has won numerous awards. Set in Scotland (and therefore, with an accent that sometimes escapes me), it is the story of a middle aged man caring for his wheelchair bound best friend and his son, while dealing with his own memories of a happier past. The movie is interesting in how it flashes back and forth between a happy history of childhood, that then becomes a more confusing history of young adulthood and ultimately leads to a difficult (but not entirely unhappy) middle age. The movie shows how children who may have some learning disabilities and disciplinary problems often slip through the cracks. It is up to us to decide whether we blame the school system, the parents, or the children themselves. All in all an engaging drama that has some interesting moments of real human connection, but left me hanging (and wondering what if, and what would happen) at the end.
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