Hot Summer Nights (2018)

6.4R120 min

2017 American drama film by Elijah Bynum

Hot Summer Nights is a 2017 American neo-noir coming-of-age crime drama film written and directed by Elijah Bynum, in his directorial debut. It stars Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, William Fichtner, Thomas Jane, and Emory Cohen. Set on Cape Cod in the summer of 1991, the plot follows Daniel Middleton, a teenage boy who becomes entangled in the drug trade.

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2017. It was released on June 28, 2018, through DirecTV Cinema, before beginning a theatrical limited release on July 27, 2018, by A24.

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What is Hot Summer Nights about?
Hot Summer Nights (2018) — In the summer of 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.
Is Hot Summer Nights based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Hot Summer Nights scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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