Day #16 - The Last Summer

The summer between high school and college - anything is possible, and these recent graduates are going to do as much as they can. Whether it's acting on old crushes, trying to sneak into bars or having as many flings as they can, they know this is their last chance before college life takes over.

This is another ensemble film - as you may remember from previous posts, ensemble films are some of my favourites.  It was nice seeing the difference of the teen perspective in this format (usually it's a group of 20- or 30-somethings) and this is a great cast to do it.

However, I was a little let down by this film. Not that I was expecting something crazy exciting. This just fell flat. There were some humorous parts, and the relationships were all very cute, but the biggest dramas were two teenagers breaking up and one guy finding out his crush's mum was dating his dad. It had a rhythm of relationship scene, to funny scene, to party scene, and repeat, which got old after a while. It was very easy for me to tune this film out for about two thirds of it.

There was one storyline that I really loved - Audrey becomes a nanny to a child actress Lilah and they end up forming a great bond. Audrey grounds Lilah, whilst Lilah's simple childlike outlook on the drama in Audrey's life helps her realise that she still has lots of options despite struggling to get into college. I wished there was more shown of this storyline as their relationship was just so fun to see.

This movie is good, but it is definitely one that now I've seen it, I probably won't watch it again.