Hot Summer Nights

Solid acting and interesting visuals can't save this from being a fairly generic coming of age story that's a bit too artsy for it's own good. Hot Summer Nights is basically every other coming of age movie just with a fancier coat of paint on it. It's not a bad movie at all, but I do feel conflict watching it. Chalamet is obviously a talent but he's not able to save this from how by the numbers it is. Throw that in with how overly stylized they went with it and I just found it obnoxious at times.

This really was frustrating and I'd love to see this with another cinematographer or editor that could tone this down and just focus on the story and the acting. In the end, this feels like a whirlwind that I don't particularly care to revisit. It's not bad, it just suffers from a split personality which is why, despite this not being awful, I struggle to recommend it. If it happens to be on, give it a shot but I can't say I'd recommend it otherwise.