Summer Storm (Sommersturm) (2004)
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48% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(6,769 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 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 Ullmann) threatened as Achim gets more serious with his girlfriend. Tobi's situation is complicated when he and the boys leave for rowing camp for the summer: there, the headstrong team is introduced to The Queerstrokes, a champion team of out-and-proud gay teen athletes. Some of the boys are fine with their new opponents, some are blatantly homophobic, and others -- Tobi included -- find their already shaky notions of heterosexuality threatened. Tensions rise in the days building up to the big competition, and Tobi struggles to come to terms with what his true desires are. Summer Storm had its North American premiere at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marco Kreuzpaintner
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Sports & Fitness, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 17, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Regent Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Its coming-of-age yarn goes nowhere beyond inevitably out of a closet.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's sunny and frothy, with odd laugh-out-loud moments.
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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.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
Stadlober, a young Austrian actor cast in the leading role, is charming enough to survive most of the movie's labored attempts to lighten up.
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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.
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Cast
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Robert Stadlober
as Tobi
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Kostja Ullmann
as Achim
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Alicja Bachleda-Curus
as Anke
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Miriam Morgenstern
as Sandra
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Tristano Casanova
as Georg
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Marlon Kittel
as Leo
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Hanno Koffer
as Malte
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Jürgen Tonkel
as Hansi
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Alexa Maria Surholt
as Susanne
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Jeff Fischer
as Flasche
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Joseph M'Barek
as Ferdl
