Stolen Summer Reviews

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more