"Indian Summer" starts out like one of those reunion movies where friends from long ago gather again, to settle old scores, sort out old romances, open old wounds, and make new beginnings. All of those rituals have been performed by the end of the film, but curiously enough, the movie isn't really about. But Indian Summer is Godfather's polar opposite.
Eight alumni campers are barely introduced, when unbelievably boring flashbacks. Indian Summer Ratings & Reviews Explanation. Mike Binder wrote and directed this reunion story in The Big Chill vein about of group of ex-campers, now in their twenties, who return to their old summer camp to get together again.
The movie was filmed at Camp Tamakwa (a summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada). Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Indian Summer. its weaknesses, however, SUMMER is another promising film for Binder, who manages a fair enough share of privileged moments to make it worthwhile, if not outstanding. INDIAN SUMMER is Mike Binder's semi-autobiographical tale about summers that he spent at camp. Obviously there's a lot of nostalgia involved for him, but he fails to get it across to Originally posted in the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup. Copyright belongs to original author unless otherwise stated. Pleasingly, Indian Summers never feels overstuffed, just exceedingly generous in the way it approaches the disparate people and situations portrayed.
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The film itself, Indian Summer, isn't bad; a nostalgic laden, light hearted, ensemble drama w some fabulous looking cinematography from another Detroiter on the project, Newton This movie made me painfully nostalgic for a cool July night in a big sweatshirt, sitting around a fire with my favourite people. Hope you will enjoy the video. Review: Indian Summer BD + Screen Caps.
Indian Summer is a great film that hits all the right notes. It not only brings out the nostalgia for anybody who has attended summer camp but the story is well rounded with the right balance of comedy and drama. Indian Summer made me long to be back in one of those gloriously rickety, mildewed cabins in a lush, rural forest. Provided, that is, I wouldn't have to bunk with any of the stupefyingly self-involved, gee-how-can-I-be-happy-with-all-my-wealth-and-beauty morons.