Movie #753 ........................."The Kings of Summer"

Movie #753 "The Kings of Summer" is a great film we saw at the Phoenix Film Festival! I could go on and on about this one ------the acting is terrific, including the three amazing boys whose careers I now intend on following (Nick Robinson as Joe, Gabriel Basso and Pat, and Moises Arias as Bilagio (almost steals the movie!What a memorable character), and Megan Mullally, Alison Brie and Nick Offerman in the family roles, and other comics in smaller roles. The script is amazing and full of lots of funny, memorable lines. The film never gives the impression that it thinks itself as funny ---- everyone plays it with sincerity and the humor comes from the characters and realistic dialogue and actions. If you can't tell, I LOVED this (so did Dave), and I told the director on the way out that someday I wanted to own it so I could show it to all my friends, too! He said, "thanks and let everyone know that" so I give this a BIG THUMBS UP. Roger Ebert would have loved this one --- I'm that sure of it being a winner! The Kings of Summer 2013 NR (I'd rate it pg-13) 5 stars out of 5 stars!!!! This is a winner! Chafing under his widowed father's control, Joe Toy invites a friend and an offbeat new kid to help him build his own house in the nearby woods. Now that the trio is finally free from parents and responsibility, what's next? Cast:Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie, Mary Lynn Rajskub Genre:Indie Comedies, Comedy