7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Summer Things (2002)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother, a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of her father's employees... At the end of the summer, all of them will join the same party...
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Overview
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother, a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of her father's employees... At the end of the summer, all of them will join the same party...
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter revolves around personal relationships, family dynamics, and individual desires, which are inherently apolitical. It observes various characters' struggles and choices without advocating for specific political solutions or critiquing systems from an ideological standpoint, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative primarily frames traditional identities in a neutral or positive light, without strong or explicit DEI critiques central to the story.
Secondary
The film features a married man, Bertrand, who is secretly having an affair with another man. This relationship is presented as one of several complex and often troubled romantic entanglements within the ensemble cast. The narrative treats Bertrand's homosexuality and infidelity as a source of personal and marital drama, similar to other characters' heterosexual affairs, without explicitly endorsing or condemning his queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Summer Things" is an adaptation of Joseph Connolly's novel "Vacances anglaises." A review of the main characters and plot indicates no instances where a character's established gender from the source material was changed for the film adaptation.
The film "Summer Things" (2002) is an adaptation of a French novel. There is no evidence that any character canonically established as one race in the source material was portrayed by an actor of a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
5.9
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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