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Ping Pong Summer

2014

Michael Tully

Susan Sarandon, Lea Thompson, Amy Sedaris, John Hannah ...

4.5

350

Comedy The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter	"If the setup for Tully’s jokey tribute to 80s teen comedies seems rather formulaic, it’s all in good fun"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"The film coasts on its time-capsule fetishism and affable supporting turns from Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson, but it never achieves the emotional punch of like-minded comedies such as 'Adventureland'"	NEU

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