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Load of rubbish!!

hyped garbage

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Although I agree with the current overall rating, I highly disagree with most of the reviews. I wonder what movie they watched?? True gay relationships don't just happen overnight but take lots of hard work, understanding and patience and sometimes your first love, as in this movie, is the best. Although the supporting cast was acceptable and not the focus of the plot, I would be remiss if I did not congratulate the casting directors for their choices for the lead actors(Grant Davis as Ben and Davi Santos as Tim). Both performances, especially that of Davis, were outstanding given the limitations of the script. Davis has a beautiful voice and it was a joy to hear him sing as well as the actress playing Allison. Both the lead actors are gorgeous and the director deserves credit for the way the gay scenes were presented including ones with the main supporting actor Ben Baur(Jace), himself a 2017 Best Supporting Actor winner at FilmOut San Diego, and Davis. In the gay community, jealousy does exist such as was the case with Tristan Decker in the role of Bryce. His performance was integral to the final successful, though sad emotional conclusion bringing true lovers together in the end. Often our first loves are the ones that matter and are important.

I almost bought the book on Amazon. But the fool in me gave it a pass. Now that I'd seen the movie I have a rather mixed feelings about it. I mean the story is fine; beautiful, in fact.But it ran so much like a daytime soap that it felt too sappy at times. And what's worse it tried to be a musical which was totally off. So much so that it even felt like "Glee".In any event, putting the cheesiness of daytime soap and musicals aside, what's important was the story itself. In all honesty, it's a beautiful story that spans several decades and with the movie's run time being slightly under 2 hours I'd say the story line was pretty solid. But it all had to be credited to the author of original novel itself, Jay Bell. Production-wise was "meh".However, it doesn't hurt that the two main leads happened to be cute.

I have read all of the books in Jay Bell's "Seasons" series. Because of this, I was really looking forward to this movie. In full disclosure, this is probably why I was so disappointed. A few things: First, Something Like Summer the book was absolutely amazing. However, the film left out so much and I can't help but think that, in part, this was because so much time was spent on the musical aspect of the film. The music was trite, boring, and awkward. It also seemed like it just showed up out of nowhere (e.g., "gee, I don't know how to end this scene, so let's throw in a poorly written and performed song about gay teenage angst).Second, the characters, costumes and scenery all seemed fake. The whole ambiance of the film seemed like a white upper-middle-class version of gayness rooted in stereotypes. Finally, I was not pleased with the character of Ben. You know how when you read a book you create an image of the character in your head? Well, whoever played Ben was not it. Of course, the fact that Ben kept breaking into song didn't help anything.Though not pleased with Ben, the depiction of Tim was spot on :) I will end with this: if you are a fan of the book, watch the film. However, be prepared for less emotional attachment, excitement, and satisfaction.

I have read all of the something like books and was naturally excited to see the movie was coming out and waited what seemed to be an eternity to see it. Sadly to say I shouldn't have waited. This movie failed to incorporate any kind of value from the book. I felt disconnected and had i not read the book, would have been totally lost as nothing is connected coherently. The movie reminds me of some kid show with a bunch of preppy guys out a catalog and no clear purpose. The movie also failed to display any kind of intimacy or emotionality expected in this work. And what is with all the singing?? I literally skipped through it as it was long drawn out and irrelevant. Overall I would have to rate this movie as a failure. Giving 4 for effort.David Santos, call me.