A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
This is a story more interested in tone and mood than in big plot points.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A mish-mash of mediocre formulas.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Just too pat, too predictable and too generic.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
If you like to go to weddings of humdrum people you don't know, you won't want to miss Indian Summer.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Mike Binder places his well-acted comedy in the familiar turf of other "reunion" films (Return of Secaucus Seven, Big Chill), adding one element to the genre: Instead of indoor weekend, the regrouping is set in a beloved camp of the 1972 summer