Summer Storm (Sommersturm)

Summer Storm (Sommersturm) (2004)

  • 48% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (6,642 ratings)

A confident teen rowing team faces an unexpected challenge -- both in and out of the water -- in this coming-of-age comedy drama. Summer Storm primarily concerns the angsty Tobi (Robert Stadlober), a high-school oarsman whose finds his intimate friendship with charismatic teammate Achim (Kostja… More

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Sports & Fitness, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 17, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Sep 5, 2006
Regent Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

    Its coming-of-age yarn goes nowhere beyond inevitably out of a closet.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    It's sunny and frothy, with odd laugh-out-loud moments.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    This gay coming-of-age film from Germany ultimately has few original aspects, but it is an intelligently wrought drama that makes it a respectable entry in the genre.

  • Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough.

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    Kreutzpainter limns his multifarious characters with an amiable, unforced humor and an authentic feel for the ways in which good kids respond to peer pressure with less-than-admirable behavior.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • William G


    Irritatingly simple-minded gay coming-of-age story.

  • Sunil J


    This sweet gay German film has some great music and some really tender moments.

  • Lauren D


    I hate romance movies. BUT I love gay romance. I have no idea why and so in July of 2008 I just watched a lot of gay romance movies because they are so damn awesome. They are the only kind of romance movies in which I want the characters to get together. So anyway, although the main… More

  • Leo L


    Great movie! Great music.

  • Ina S


    Wonderful coming-of-age film.

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