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Think A Summer Place, and you'll probably be humming Max Steiner's wonderfully romantic instrumental theme song, a hand-holding hit in 1959. The movie itself is similarly irresistible, a colorful soap opera about the passions of a pair of dewy-eyed teens and their straying parents. At an island resort in Maine, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue (the reigning teen idols of the day) fall hard for each other. What they don't know is that her father (Richard Egan) and his mother (Dorothy McGuire), lovers 20 years earlier, have rekindled their affair. Both, inconveniently, have spouses, which is what makes this a soap opera. Lovers of camp will find much to savor in the incredible '50s attitudes, and in the innocence of supervirgin Dee ("Johnny, have you been bad with girls?"). Yet the sincerity of writer-director Delmer Daves, cowriter of An Affair to Remember, comes shining through the corn; and the grown-up affair anticipates The Bridges of Madison County by 30 years. --Robert Horton
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as I thought it would be!,
By Frances Kat (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Summer Place (DVD)
I was so very disappointed! I want to build up my "library" with good DVDS, and based on the glowing reviews and the fact that the adorable Sandra Dee is in this movie I bought this DVD. It did not live up to the hype for me or for my daughter whom I watched it with. It is very dated but normally, that fact does not bother me-- If the story line is great, and the acting engaging, the fact that the movie is dated is of no consequence. I found many parts cringe educing. I know that they were going for a liberal open and understanding relationship between the daughter (Sandra Dee)and her dad (Richard Egan) but some lines and situations were off the mark leaving you feeling,"this feels kind of sexual-creepy-wrong"... The acting was forced and stilted especially on Troy Donahue's part and the relationship between the Dad and his old paramour not as warm as I'd imagine. Generally, I can find some redeeming tidbit, but because of the overall tone of the movie I really can't recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A summer place,
This review is from: A Summer Place (DVD)
I bought this for my children (in their 30s to watch as there are scenes of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's houses and two of my children are designers).... they were fascinated with the attitudes (pre-war) of the parents regarding sex and young people's behaviour and parental expectations. It was a good example of the life and times of that era.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Where is the DVD,
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This review is from: Summer Place, a (VHS Tape)
This is definitely one of the best teen movies ever made. Every time I hear the beautiful theme song it takes me back to my own innocent youth. I sincerely hope that Amazon will be offering the movie again, in the DVD format.
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