Hot Summer Nights (film)

Hot Summer Nights
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Elijah Bynum
Produced by
  • Bradley Thomas
  • Dan Friedkin
  • Ryan Friedkin
Written by Elijah Bynum
Starring
Music by Will Bates
Cinematography Javier Julia
Edited by
Production
company
Imperative Entertainment
Distributed by
Release date
  • March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13) (SXSW)
  • July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27) (United States)
Running time
 107 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $12,166[1]

Hot Summer Nights is a 2017 American action drama film directed and written by Elijah Bynum, in his directorial debut. It stars Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, William Fichtner and Thomas Jane. Set in Cape Cod in the summer of 1991, the plot follows a teenage boy who becomes entangled in the world of drugs.

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2017. It was released on June 28, 2018, through DirecTV Cinema before being released in a limited release on July 27, 2018, by A24.

Plot

Daniel (Timothée Chalamet), an awkward teenager gets in over his head dealing drugs while falling for his business partner's enigmatic sister during one scorching summer in Cape Cod. Daniel's mother sends him to live with his aunt, after his father died. He isn't excited to live there at first, but soon he meets Hunter Strawberry, the bad boy in town. After a while, they become business partners in selling drugs from Dex. Even though Hunter forbids him to see his little sister, McKayla, Daniel can't help himself. He and McKayla start dating, even though both the Strawberry siblings don't know it from each other. Selling weed becomes very profitable and Daniel and Hunter start to make a lot of money. Daniel however wants more, he wants to start selling cocaine without letting it Dex know. Eventually, Dex finds out and wants Hunter to kill Daniel. Hunter however tells Daniel to run and never come back, instead of killing him. When Dex finds Hunter he kills him instead. McKayla sees her killed brother and flees town. Daniel has never returned.

Cast

Production

On March 26, 2015, it was announced that Elijah Bynum would make his directorial debut with his own 2013 Black List script titled Hot Summer Nights, set in 1991 Cape Cod.[2][3] Imperative Entertainment would finance and produce the film with its Bradley Thomas and Dan Friedkin.[3] On June 24, 2015, Maika Monroe, Timothée Chalamet, and Alex Roe were added to the cast to play the lead roles.[4] Later, Maia Mitchell, Emory Cohen and Thomas Jane were also added to the cast.[5][6][7] Filming began in August 2015.

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2017.[8][9] In September 2017, A24 and DirecTV Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film.[10] It was released through DirecTV Cinema on June 28, 2018, before being released in a limited release on July 27, 2018.[11]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Hot Summer Nights holds an approval rating of 42% based on 36 reviews, with an average score of 5.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Hot Summer Nights is easy on the eyes and clearly indebted to some great films, but its strengths — including a charismatic young cast — are often outweighed by its uninspired story."[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13]

Michael Hoffman, writing for Consequence of Sound, praised the film, calling it "A brazen anti-coming-of-age thriller that oozes with all the right confidence, chutzpah, and passion."[14] Conversely, Indiewire critic David Ehrlich criticized the script as "empty," and referred to the film as "A sweaty pastiche that shares its protagonist’s desire to be all things to all people, only to wind up losing any sense of itself along the way."[15]

References

  1. ↑ McClintock, Pamela (July 29, 2018). "Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible — Fallout' Soars to Franchise-Best $61.5M in U.S., $153.5M Globally". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ The Deadline Team (December 16, 2013). "Black List 2013: Full Screenplay List". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ford, Rebecca (March 26, 2015). "Imperative Entertainment Producing Black List Script 'Hot Summer Nights' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (June 24, 2015). "Maika Monroe, Timothee Chalamet & Alex Roe To Topline 'Hot Summer Nights'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (August 26, 2015). "Thomas Jane, Maia Mitchell, Emory Cohen join 'Hot Summer Nights' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ SSN Insider Staff (August 14, 2015). "On the Set for 8/14/15: Marlon Wayans Starts Fifty Shades of Black, Bill Condon Wraps Up Beauty and The Beast". SSN Insider. TSS News. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ Brett, Jennifer (August 13, 2015). "Huge casting call for extras for "Hot Summer Nights"". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Media Group. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hot Summer Nights". Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  9. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 8, 2017). "SXSW 2017 Lineup: 'Baby Driver', 'Free Fire', 'Muppet Guys Talking' & Docus That Matter In Trump Era". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ Lang, Brent (September 8, 2017). "A24, DirecTV Nab Worldwide Rights to Timothée Chalamet's 'Hot Summer Nights' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ Evans, Greg (April 12, 2018). "'Hot Summer Nights' Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Gets Tangled Up In Weed". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Hot Summer Nights (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Hot Summer Nights Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  14. ↑ Hoffman, Michael (March 14, 2017). "SXSW Film Review: Hot Summer Nights". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  15. ↑ Ehrlich, David (June 26, 2018). "'Hot Summer Nights' Review: Timothée Chalamet Stars in His Own Stale 'Adventureland'". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
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