The Myth of the American Sleepover
United States
2010
97 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
1,263 Views
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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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HwCath
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.
tiagovitoria
11Mar12
"The Myth of The American Sleepover" is a brilliant essay about youth. Located in Detroit, the film starts to catch all the teen hopes that might happen that night in several sleepovers. As the night goes on, slowly and in a conscious way, dreams and expectations are dissolved, thus constructing the myth. David Robert Mitchell and James Laxton made the movie look real and it was the best of the film, reality.
HKFanatic
29Feb12
I wish I could say the script had an ear for authentic teen speak to compliment its tale of adolescent longing, but sadly the tin-ear dialogue is the only blemish on a superb film. "The Myth..." is perhaps the most beautifully lit and filmed 'teen movie' I've ever seen. Shot on location in the metro Detroit area utilizing the Red One camera, the photography makes Southeastern MI look mesmerizing and hyper-real.
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REALITY OF AN INITIATION
By Jimmy Sukeshwala 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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Timeless and Universal yet Relevant, Current yet Nostalgic; The Best Film of 2011 so far!
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