All Summer in a Day

My dad copied this film off the TV for me when I was too young to even watch it. It waited for me on a tape of other TV movies like "The Boy Who Loved Trolls" for years until I was old enough to understand it. Even then it touched me deeply at the power in peoples actions. The sadness and beauty of it all was so intense, even at that young age, that it became a part of me to this day. I still watch that tape every year and share it with those closest to me. They tell me it explains why I developed the way I did.

Some films go beyond film-making to a point of changing the way we see the world. This film taught me the power of melencholy, loss, and most importantly, how alone we all are in our closets. I would recommend this film to everyone and anyone and remind them to pay careful attention to the message in the story, not necessarily the sci-fi or technical aspects.

I remember seeing this movie as a kid, it struck me hard enough that I actually have been trying to find it for ages.

The plot as I remember was a group of kids that live on this constantly raining, constantly gloomy planet and the sun only comes out once ever few decades or so, everyone is looking forward to it but because of someones cruelty the main character misses her chance to play in the sun, sad ending.

Some people have said this movie is alluding to Vancouver itself, seeing as how its rainy, dark and gloomy here 8 months out of the year, I think I can see that comparison but I don't know if Bradbury meant that or not.

I want to to thank Lupin for finding the link on IMDb, thanks IMDb for having the best movie DB out there and thanks "discovervancouver.com" for the awesome forum.

I clearly remember watching this on PBS when I was a boy, and being horribly depressed by it. It's a challenging little story (_very_ "Bradburian") more about the cruelty of which children are capable than life on another planet (where it takes place). Thoroughly top-notch.

I remember seeing this movie as a kid, it struck me hard enough that I actually have been trying to find it for ages. The plot as I remember was a group of kids that live on this constantly raining, constantly gloomy planet and the sun only comes out once ever few decades or so, everyone is looking forward to it but because of someones cruelty the main character misses her chance to play in the sun, sad ending. Some people have said this movie is alluding to Vancouver itself, seeing as how its rainy, dark and gloomy here 8 months out of the year, I think I can see that comparison but I don't know if Bradbury meant that or not. I want to to thank Lupin for finding the link on IMDb, thanks IMDb for having the best movie DB out there.

i remember watching this in 1982 when i was ten, and it was the first film to make me cry. i felt so sorry for margot and the cruelty she endured. Not to be mushy, but I was deeply touched and inspired by this film to treat people with blinding kindness. Wonderful writing, and brilliantly acted by the kids. In my memory forever.