Summertime (2016)
1/10
Four uninteresting people meet up in the most strained of scenarios...
7 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The whole thing feels like someone had some concept ideas, but stringing them together into a movie strains credulity at every moment:

  • a stoner Italian 'finds' a gay SF couple who are prepared to host a random couple of Italian teenagers sight unseen in their multi-million dollar SF apartment at a moment's notice. The stoner then disappears for the rest of the movie?


  • the two Italians get on a flight together 2 days later, despite having barely acknowledged each other over the past 5 years and without so much as parental advice or even visibility.


  • the Italian girl insults and clearly disapproves of the gay couple's relationship, while accepting their hospitality


  • the morning after the two bickering Italians arrive, the Italian guy manages to grab a bike and go for a ride all the way to the sea and find his way back before breakfast, despite having never been to the US before, let alone SF


  • the gay couple seem barely weeks older than when they met in 'scandalous' circumstances yet already have super successful careers and a fancy apartment, and the ability for one of them to decide drop their career during the 5 day visit of the Italians to focus on horseriding! And they have a yacht! And the ability to fly with their houseguests to Cuba!


  • Despite this, their work seems to barely intrude on their ability to hang out with their random Italian houseguests and they appear to have no other friends.


  • one of the gay couple walks out in a huff leaving the Italians open-mouthed, for the other to immediately bring them back inside within a minute, by which time the Italian two are half way through preparing dinner.


  • a night out at a club ends in a cheesy scene at dawn running into the water at a beach screaming "this is the best night of my life", only one of many cheesy scenes


And the list goes on. Amateur hour on so many levels other than the cinematography. Ugh.
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