Event

THE KINGS OF SUMMER

(2013) dir Jordan Vogt-Roberts w/Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Erin Moriarty, Megan Mullally [95 min; DCP]
Premiering to rave reviews at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, THE KINGS OF SUMMER is a unique coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends Joe (Robinson), Patrick (Basso), and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Arias) who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.

"What if Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden not to get away from civilization but to get away from his parents? That's the conceit, more or less, behind THE KINGS OF SUMMER, a stylish and very funny teenage comingof- age story graced with surreal fringes and a mysteriously hushed core." Ty Burr, The Boston Globe