Ping Pong Summer (2014) (original) (raw)
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets.
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets. (less)
Director: Michael Tully
Writer: Michael Tully
Starring: Marcello Conte, Judah Friedlander, Amy Sedaris, Lea Thompson, John Hannah, Susan Sarandon
Producer: Billy Peterson
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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 11, 2014
7 / 10
�Ping Pong Summer� is in love with the 1980s. It�s an obsession that drives writer/director Michael Tully, who celebrates and satirizes the era with this vague �Karate Kid� riff that�s all about the details. While it teases �Wedding Singer�-style nostalgia as a means of wink-happy derision, �Ping Pong Summer� is a more pure-hearted affair, with an interest in silliness that carries throughout the film. It�s funny at times, energized by its idolatry, and while there are substantial shortcomings to the picture, it knows how to have a good time, playing with teen cinema conventions as it checks o ...read more...
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