Stolen Summer

It's rare that a film like this comes along. Sometimes, they slip right by, and if you're lucky you get the chance to see them. This is one such film.Even after four years of it's debut, I'd never seen the... Full review

"Project Greenlight," the HBO series which spawned this film, was one of the most engaging and addictive shows I have ever seen. The effort it takes to put together one small film is to an amazing extent that few understood before... Full review

I thought Stolen Summer was competently done. The director, Pete Jones, was blessed with great performances from well known performers like Bonnie Hunt, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollak, and Brian Dennehy. The film explores the differences between Catholicism and Judaism seen... Full review

I love this movie. It has honesty and truth. The young characters are able to make you think about God. They are able to make you realize that we are all God's children. Watching this movie was like looking at Touch... Full review

I have no idea why there wasn't a wide release on this film. Oh yah, the storyline. Best movie we have seen all year.... Full review

Despite what you may have seen on project greenlight that would depict this film as a film that was not put together well and full of problems, it's not. This film is one of those rare films that invokes some... Full review

I watched the entire series of Project Greenlight in one sitting (had to rent it on DVD, we don't have HBO yet in my ice country); had I not watched the show, I would not have given Stolen Summer more... Full review

Having finally seen `Stolen Summer' I was more surprised than anyone to find the film extremely fetching. I thought it was well made and well acted. It was written and directed by a total novice, Pete Jones, who won a... Full review

American films deal with all aspects of every day life: work, school, marriage, family, divorce, adolescence, sexuality, crime, alcoholism, drugs, disease, death - the range of subjects is virtually endless. Yet if you were to look to films to get... Full review

I don't think I'm slanted because much of the film was made in my hometown... and the writer-director is the youngest son of a longtime friend. But I thought I'd better establish those facts up front.If you want to capture... Full review

Yet "Stolen Summer" played relatively well to Sundance audiences, who seemed to welcome such rare feel-good fare. Miramax has tentatively slated "Stolen Summer" for a limited release in New York and Los Angeles. ... Full Review

Despite high hopes and an inflated budget, Stolen Summer performed poorly in box office sales and never saw a wide theatrical release. The first feature film result, Stolen Summer , was put into limited release on this day in 2002. ... Full Review

This is the film that won Project Greenlight, the brainchild of Oscar-winning screenwriters Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who also happen to be friends and movie stars, of course. Their participation also ensured that Jones, a former sports anchor in Missouri, got a decent cast for his debut. ... Full Review

In other words, they explain at the outset that their intentions were never to make a good film, but to celebrate the process of filmmaking. No such luckAffleck and Damon undoubtedly picked the most feel-good (read: profitable) film they could find. ... Full Review

Stolen Summer suffers from a nostalgic tone that is undercut by the tragedy at its center, story elements that make for an incompatible fit, and an overabundance of cardboard characters. That may sound mean, but given the success of that HBO series and the wobbly nature of the finished film, Stolen Summer, it is the obvious conclusion. ... Full Review

THIS summer, there's no need to confine your moviegoing pleasure to the air-conditioned confines of a theater. Instead, save your money -- and check out one of the city's many outdoor film festivals (which are all either free or well... ... Full Article

If these people were good enough screenwriters they would have got a job without a contest anyways. It's no wonder that Stolen Summer blew goats. ... Full Article

Watching movies in March is a lot like shivering through the last days of a New York winter -- both are seasons of seemingly interminable desperation. ... Full Article

An associate of mine entered the Project Greenlight contest.His script made it pretty far, actually.Because he was involved, I went up to him, recently, and asked if he had seen Stolen Summer . ... Full Article

How feeble a movie is "Stolen Summer"? So feeble they've just about buried the title on the film's own poster. By far the biggest letters go to "the Project Greenlight movie" and the tagline "You saw the back-stabbing. Now see ... Full Article

Back in September 2000, Project Greenlight was launched as a joint venture with LivePlanet, Miramax Films and Television, HBO, and Sam Adams. The intention was to give up-and-coming filmmakers money to make their dreams come true. ... Full Article