Disturbing yet enthralling

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

I planned on putting this flick on in the background, but was pleasantly surprised when it started.Elijah Bynum, did a fantastic job with this film, I am eager to follow him in the future. Per usual, Timothy Chalamet delivered a great performance and Alex Roe did a great job playing the ultra S E X Y bad boy. I enjoyed the narration on the film, it reminded me of the Sandlot in the way the story progressed along with the narrations. The soundtrack was fantastic, and as an avid Goodfellas fan, I saw many appropriate and exciting parallels with this film. All in all, it's a great watch and one of those movies you feel accomplished after watching. It was absolutely not a waste of time.

I wanted to watch this for the longest time but never found it anywhere. This is one of them movies that just makes you ask yourself "what if?". Danny's innocence and the fact that he starts drug dealing without knowing the full consequences of his actions is the most interesting and the primary topic of this film. The only thing that makes this movie interesting is the fact that Danny isn't some macho man who knows exactly what he's doing but rather the opposite. An amazing film good for watching outside on hot summer nights.

I wasn't necessarily excited about movie before watching it. I was expecting a sort of knock off of a coming of age comedy set in a specific time period, throw in some sex and music and you have a run of the mill flick I've seen versions of a hundred times before Let me assure you this is not that! What an absolutely unique, fun spin on an age old story The director takes this film to unexpected places and the 3 young lead actors are without a doubt the Hollywood A-list of tomorrow. If you are trying to decide if you want to watch this or something else do yourself a favor and watch Hot Summer Nights. It's completely different from what you think it will be in the best possible way

This is a critic's review on a film called 'Hot Summer Nights' - criticized the whole affair as "empty," and referred to the film as "A sweaty pastiche that shares its protagonist's desire to be all things to all people, only to wind up losing any sense of itself along the way." - - OK, so he - this is why critics "most that is" cannot be trusted; lets break this down, he says, this is empty, so because its empty that means its a bad film , really? so a "full" film is good. what does empty or full even mean? The film was richly layered bolstering the entire gambit of our human condition. Next, A sweaty Pastiche that shares its protagonist's desire to be all things to all people - So if the protagonist is perhaps diffident, cordial, thoughtful and in his desire to please everyone totters and makes a few mistakes, this makes him a bad character, thus empty, thus a badly composed story? what? Yes his empty, he then finds a jot fulfillment coming from pretty much nothing at a time when life was pretty dang hard, lots of people not many jobs, high rent coupled with paltry wages, born poor makes someone a bad character? Then he says, only to end up losing any sense of itself (what is "itself" is he referring to the movie, the plot, the character development? The protagonist was the best part of the tale; in fact if not for him, we would not have a story to unfold... The protagonist as it were, went from the kiddy pool of to the biggest darkest ominous ocean - and saved him self from drowning with a mysterious ending. Hot Summer Nights is intriguing and captivating. so what is the problem? All the components are there to relate a tale. Now if the critic had said, yes, it was a story and I did not find any plot holes or the continuity was pushed a little bit here and perhaps there, or the writer tied the threads but I just didn't like it and here are the reasons: Now that is a critic, hell yeah! But to discount and discredit the writing, the directing, the cinematography, the acting for what seems to be personal issues, that's not a critic, that 's a toolbox - step down sir, cause you cannot express yourself from an impartial plane, because if you could you would not try to foist your lamo pseudo intellectual nonsense about how to compose a film when you know absolutely anything about the writing process! This gem kicked ass from beginning to end: and Timothée Chalamet has definitely proven himself as the next big thing in Hollywood. So looking forward to following his career. Anytime his handsome mug (not saying that when he gets old it will be different, no in fact, he will probably be better lol) but one thing is for sure, he shant EVER need the assistance of any Hollywood neon sign from which to shine, for when he makes his presence in any scene, make sure to have some shades handy, cause this superlative thespian will surely light up the sky! Superstar on the real!