Fresh
One of those winsome, nostalgic beach movies.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Last Summer
Last summer was too beautiful to forget... and too painful to remember.
1969 · 1h 35m · R
Drama
Directed by
Frank Perry
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Last Summer
Overview
During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The best thing about the movie, however, are the performances that Perry has gotten from his new players, who manage to seem variously awkward and strident, dense and dumb, and sometimes very innocent, without ever being self-conscious about it.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
There are good movies about other people's lives, but rarely a movie that recalls, if only for a scene or two, the sense and flavor of life the way you remember it.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Like their subjects, they too frequently mistake postures for performances and smartness for wisdom.
TIME Magazine
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