I enjoy sharing new movies with you and I have several coming up over the next few weeks. Today we have The Perfect Summer starring Eric Roberts, Sydney Penny and Adam Horner and featuring Jason Castro..
About The Perfect Summer
In The Perfect Summer, fatherless teenager Jake (Adam Horner) was happy living in Chicago, until his mother (Sydney Penny) decided to uproot them to a small surfing town where her estranged father (Eric Roberts), Jake’s grandfather, lives. The transition isn’t easy for anyone and it seems everywhere he goes, Jake manages to make enemies, including the town bully, Tyler (JD Banks), who doesn’t like the new interloper or his interest in young surfing prodigy, Kayla (Katie Garfield). Stuck in the beach town with no friends and no knowledge of surfing, Jake has nowhere to turn until Cody (Jason Castro), the local surf shop owner, reveals that Jake’s grandfather is a surf legend. Tired of feeling like an outcast, Jake asks Lou to teach him about surfing. Jake learns to face his fears, push through inhibitions and realizes that winning the respect of his new peers – and Katie’s heart – might mean facing the biggest challenge of his life.
Mom Maven’s Thoughts
The Perfect Summer is a safe and predictable, family-friendly film. the movie, though set in a surf town is really about relationships, forgiveness and new beginnings. The soundtrack is good and includes songs from Jason Castro, Dara Maclean and others.
The acting is mediocre at best and the characters are rather superficial. Veteran actors Roberts and Penny do little to help elevate the rest of the cast of unknowns.
You can catch The Perfect Summer on UPtv Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 10:00am EDT or order your own copy of The Perfect Summer
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