The Perfect Summer

I mean it's not the worst movie, if they wouldn't have made the dude such a wimp could have made all the difference. the girl though wow gorgeous

In the version of this film i watched, the background music drowned out the actor's dialogue so i couldn't quite hear what was being said ... like most amazon prime time you get garbage

It's about a single mom who moves from the big city to a small town. Her teenage son for some reason wants to learn to surf. The movie is filled with clichés including some adversity from town bullies, the boy bonding with his grandfather and learning to cope after the death of a loved one, all followed by a very underwhelming climax at the end.

I watched it because it was a surfing movie, but the surfing scenes are pathetic. The surfing scenes in this movie were the worst ever. Pathetic waves and extremely below average surfing. The sea is beautiful, and you can't go wrong with a perfect curl. It doesn't even have to be a Hawaii 5-0 type wave, just the turquoise blue water against a blue sky. But the water was kind of gray, and the cinematography was sophomoric.

The only thing that caused me to give it an extra star was Sydney Penny who I've been in love with ever since High Plains Drifter.

I really enjoyed the movie--and the music! I expected to see Jason Castro performing, but he didn't! However, some of his songs played in the background. Still, another song "Everyday" featured in the movie really caught my attention. Like the movie, the song is very uplifting--and just made me feel good! So much so, that I searched it, found it was written and sung by Tyrus Morgan, went to his website and ordered the album Straight Line. Almost every song on this album has the same uplifting melodies--now I can listen to "Everyday" every day!

Eric Roberts was fantastic!

So--I recommend the movie, as well as the music!

Nothing wrong with safe family friendly titles...The Perfect Summer has those safe family friendly qualities with some really solid acting from the film vets like Eric Roberts. Sydney Penny and Louis Mandylor.

Its Adam Horner and his story arc that really turns this movie into a parody. First it's his decision to play the role of 17yr old disgruntled teen like a 11yr old disgruntled pre-teen and let's not even get into the fact that he looks like a 30year old (even though he was 21yrs old at the time of filming)

Overall it's not a terrible film if you enjoy family friendly titles just don't take it too serious.