Indian Summer (1993)
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65% of critics liked it
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Mike Binder wrote and directed this reunion story in The Big Chill vein about of group of ex-campers, now in their twenties, who return to their old summer camp to get together again. Alan Arkin plays Uncle Lou, the old camp counselor and resident sage at Canadian summer camp Tamakwa. Leading a… More Mike Binder wrote and directed this reunion story in The Big Chill vein about of group of ex-campers, now in their twenties, who return to their old summer camp to get together again. Alan Arkin plays Uncle Lou, the old camp counselor and resident sage at Canadian summer camp Tamakwa. Leading a group of contemporary youngsters wearing Walkmans on their heads to glory in the beauty of a majestic moose in the Canadian Northwoods, he realizes that the children of today are not the way children were in ancient times before 1993, so he decides to close up shop and shut down Camp Tamkwa for good. But before he does he invites a group of campers from the camp's golden age -- men and women now in their twenties -- an assortment of veteran campers who return to reflect on the past and sort out their troubles. The campers include Beth (Diane Lane), a woman who is adjusting to her husband's accidental death; Jennifer (Elizabeth Perkins), a single woman looking forward to renewing her relationship with fellow camper Matthew (Vincent Spano); Kelly (Julie Warner), Matthew's wife, feeling insecure because she knows Matthew is unhappy in the marriage; and Jamie (Matt Craven), a swinging bachelor with an eye for younger women. Rounding out the pack is Jack (Bill Paxton), who as a boy was kicked out of the camp for a mysterious reason. When he shows up at the camp, the rest of the campers are stunned. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mike Binder
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Apr 23, 1993 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, Variety
Mike Binder places his well-acted comedy in the familiar turf of other "reunion" films (Return of Secaucus Seven, Big Chill), adding one element to the genre: Instead of indoor weekend, the regrouping is set in a beloved camp of the 1972 summer
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
If you like to go to weddings of humdrum people you don't know, you won't want to miss Indian Summer.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Just too pat, too predictable and too generic.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
A mish-mash of mediocre formulas.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is a story more interested in tone and mood than in big plot points.
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Cast
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Alan Arkin
as Uncle Lou
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Matt Craven
as Jamie Ross
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Elizabeth Perkins
as Jennifer Morton
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Diane Lane
as Beth Warden
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley
as Gwen Daugherty
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Bill Paxton
as Jack Belston
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Vincent Spano
as Matthew Berman
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Kevin Pollak
as Brad Berman
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Sam Raimi
as Stick Coder
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Julie Warner
as Kelly Berman
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Richard Chevolleau
as Sam Grover
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Robert Feldmann
as Man in Canoe
- Linda Hamilton
- John Lithgow
- J.T. Walsh
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Richard Pagano
- Debi Manwiller
- Sharon Bialy
