Review of The Kings of Summer (2013) by Kaitlin R — 23 Jun 2013

Beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, but an incredibly weak script. The concept was so wonderful, but I always felt like I was being left out of loop of something that happened 5 minutes before a scene.

This movie also makes it really hard to sympathize with these supposed alienated and disillusioned youths when they seem to love alienating and judging everyone around them. I also could have used without the blatant transphobia and misogyny of Joe, who started off as a really relateable character and seemed to become a more despicable little shit as the movie progressed.