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6/10 - decent teen romance, but nothing truly special

This is a touching film that details the devastation to several young lives over the course of a guilt ridden summer. I find it very moving and I really feel for the characters.

Tried to be deeper than it really was. I can easily see a 13 year old living this movie but it was just another mediocre teen romance movie

I love Pablo Screiber the older (Conrad) I wish he was in it a bit more although his other roles are amazing! Anyway though All Summers End is a wonderful story about a prank gone awry and (Conrad) falls in love Kaitlin Denvers character Grace which is heartwarmingly well done. Austin Abrams (Hunter) is a frustrating character to the story that I guess you could say is the villain of the film.

I was expecting a sweet coming of age flick, not a dark cover-up drama. Movies like this make me glad I don't have kids. Poor Paula Malcomson who just keeps playing the suffering mother. Tragedy always follows when the teen just wants to fit in but succumbs to peer-pressure.

This was well-intentioned at the start, but the story had no build up and I had a neutral expression on my face during the bulk of it. It felt like a rip off of The Wonder Years, except in this case it's filled with impractical jokes, profanity, sex, fire, and violent bloody altercations. The characters also had poor development and were unlikable and heartless.

I liked the main actress who played Grace, but that was about it. The main actor who played Conrad was too rigid and had no comedic instincts.

This movie was dry as a bone and had a pale script. Usually a coming of age movie may inspire some self-reflection or nostalgia - this movie did neither.

Movie style like Now & Then, Stand By Me, etc....

A very touching movie about young teens summer romance, but it had a twist I never saw coming. I won't give it away, but I will say it's worth the watch.

Ten minutes into this you know you're going to have to endure horrible acting, cliche characters who spout very idiotic dialogue, and really contrived scenes. Annoying beyond words. Was this an after school special? It views like a bad drama from the 80's. Bright colors, dumb kids in a perfect neighborhood. Like it was written and produced by a 12 year old. Nothing works here, it's a fail across the board. Dramatic scenes are dull. Humorous scenes are lame. Touching scenes are weak. Whole movie is just I unrealistic beyond description. Pointless soundtrack. Lousy lighting and editing. A plot that makes sense but the execution leaves one disappointed and frustrated at the lack of effort on everybody's part. Good luck making it past 20 minutes. This is a loser.

This isn't your typical teen movie. It has a darker and more serious tone, which makes it leagues above other fare in its genre.

Tye Sheridan stars as Conrad, a 16 y/o who on a night out with his friends takes part in a prank which has serious consequences. Conrad and his friends make some bad decisions by leaving the scene.

The remainder of the movie deals with Conrad's conscience weighing heavily on him over the decisions he made over the prank. These decisions haunt him even after he comes clean.

A good movie dealing with coming of age issues.

All of us have suffered consequences in life for our actions, some good and some not so good!! This is a story of growing up and making a mistake then having to live with the repercussions! My Dad always used to say you reap what you sow, well this is a prime example of that. I won't give the story away as I will let it develop for you if you choose to watch it. Lately I have been watching movies with Tye Sheridan in, as I think he is a great young talent and upcoming actor. This movie at times was really tough to watch not because of bad acting or a totally bad storyline, but just because life can be tough on us all. At times the story made me cringe and even though I hadn't done anything of this magnitude, I still made some life choices that I wish I could go back and change, as we all have. I thought that Tye Sheridan and Kaitlyn Dever carried this movie. I would have rated it even higher, but thought something was lost by not exploring more of the parent's lives and how they handled tragedy in their own lives. Again seems like most of the movie was carried on the young actor's and actress's shoulders. Still overall I felt a decent movie and one that is worth watching!

Not what I expected when I watched it.

The person harping that nothing works, I'm sorry it didn't connect with you. Maybe the story was too drab and you can find yourself some edgy screenplay of a transitioning 9 year old oppressed minority to indulge in.

I personally found this story to be much more raw and honest than expected. I was expecting the cliche drama points.

I think this story came from a place of truth from the writer. There were too many moments that didn't feel scripted. Moments, that as I writer, I know what the formula would tell me to do. What the table of writers would pitch as the next scene.

But this felt organic. Like someone's real diary of a summer being played out.

That was refreshing, that like real life, I didn't know exactly what would happen next.

As for the acting, I think anyone that thinks it was tacky missed what the actors did here.

It's like when someone hates an actor for playing the unlikable character so well. It's because they're a good actor, that you don't like them. Don't fail to recognize that.

And with teen emotion.. teenagers are emotional, irrational, annoying, unsensible at times. And raw.

Tye and the girl (I'm sorry I'm terrible with names) nailed it.

The amount of raw emotion they brought into these scenes is truly on another level.

If you were to watch true young teens going through these circumstances, it would be loud, raw, maybe annoying. It wouldn't be perfectly delivered platitudes from confident handsome young adults that always know the right thing to say. It would be what you saw in this film.

They captured reality.

And can you do anything else as an actor?

Is not that the highest goal of a story teller?

Thinking about how many takes they had to carry that emotion and still have it. If I didn't already know these two actors and the futures they would have after this film, I'd surely have them on my radar for up and coming stars. Well done you two. You put in serious work for these parts emotionally, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.

It reminded me of "A Walk to Remember" and "Where the Red Fern Grows." Really! I was gripped by the gentle, well I told story from moment one. This is a "put down your cell phone, you don't want to miss a moment" movies. If you don't get it or think it is trite, then you were probably the bully character Hunter.

Like "Romeo and Juliet" this is a tragic love story. It is painful to watch a 16-year old boy make a series of bad decisions because it reminds you of all the bad decisions you have made in your own life. How did you deal with the consequences? This is a movie that will make you think and feel ... a lot.