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The Myth of the American Sleepover

United States

2010

97 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR David Robert Mitchell

EXEC Michael Ferris Gibson

PROD Adele Romanski

SCR David Robert Mitchell

DP James Laxton

CAST Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer, Brett Jacobsen, Olivia Coté, Nikita Ramsey, Jade Ramsey, Amy Seimetz, Jean Louise O'Sullivan, Narisa Suzuki, Michaela Myers, Alpha Takahashi, Hali Lula Hudson, Melanie Leanne Miller, Cat Navarro, Douglas Diedrich, Jimmy Shin, Louis Yuen, Annette DeNoyer, Wyatt McCallum, Monica Klimczak, Stephen M. Francis III

ED Julio C. Perez IV

PROD DES Jeanine Nicholas

MUSIC Kyle Newmaster

SOUND Zach Seivers, J.M. Davey

SXSW (Narrative Features Competition), Cannes (Semaine de la critique), Melbourne (FIrst Encounters), São Paulo (International Perspective), AFI FEST (Young Americans), Mar del Plata (In Search of Destiny), Chicago

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of mile roads, neighborhood blocks, abandoned factories and lakes which make up Metro-Detroit, this story follows four young people as they search for love and adventure on the last night of summer. Maggie, Rob, Claudia and Scott cross paths as they explore the suburban wonderland chasing first kisses, elusive crushes, popularity and parties. They are looking for the iconic teenage experience, but instead they discover the quiet moments that will later become the part of their youth that they look back on with nostalgia. –Semaine de la Critique

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angelicidea

12Sep12

Definitely managed to catch the mood of the last days of summer.

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micol cavuoto mei

29Aug12

justly lovely and poetic. like it totally, a romantic gus van sant

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This is Jake Kath

14Apr12

The magnetic fields song during the end almost made up for this shit movie. I like the timeless quality and how every character seemed to play into this common mythology of suburban lifestyle but it just wasn't compelling and the story was pretty redundant. Too many scenes of awkward glances from teen with crushes.

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REALITY OF AN INITIATION

By Jimmy Sukeshw​ala on February 19, 2012

The Myth of the American Sleepover is an achievement in ensemble casting of a more or less heterogeneous group of teen amateurs and of the evocation and direction of their fledgling and emerging acting…  read review

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