''All Summers End'' is a 2017 American

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directed and written by Kyle Wilamowski. The film stars

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and

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Plot

Conrad (Sheridan), Hunter (Abrams) and Tim (Lee) are close friends living in a small town. Grace (Dever) takes a liking to Conrad and they start spending a lot of time with each other, which stresses Conrad's relationship with Hunter and Tim. Having promised Hunter and Tim that they could hang out on the

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, Conrad declines an invitation to watch the fireworks with Grace's family. The three boys drive around the town stealing garden ornaments and Conrad – on a dare – goes to steal a plant from the porch of Grace's house. Unbeknownst to them, Grace had earlier had a fight with her brother Eric (Mirchoff), who has consequently stayed home while Grace and her parents went to see the fireworks. The boys are nearly caught and Eric gets in his car, chasing them to the outskirts of the town. The boys narrowly avoid a

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that wanders onto the road, but Eric hits the deer and crashes into a tree. The boys argue about whether to call for help, as he is still breathing. Hunter and Tim vote to leave, hoping someone would pass by soon, and, feeling pressured, Conrad decides to leave too. The next day, word spreads through the town that Eric has died from his injuries. Grace is ridden with guilt due to her fight with Eric and finds comfort in Conrad, who has fallen out with Tim and Hunter due to their refusal to help Eric at the scene of the accident. Conrad tries to tell Grace the truth but is interrupted by her parents. As Grace finds comfort in Conrad, the two become closer. On the night that Grace's parents go away to Eric's college to pack up his dorm room, she loses her

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to Conrad. Grace leaves to go to church the next morning, telling Conrad that he would have the house to himself, but her parents return early. Grace's parents discover the discarded condom wrapper and, feeling betrayed, tell Conrad to leave. Grace has a fight with her parents and goes to look for Conrad, finding him in an abandoned house he had shown her earlier. Conrad, now in distress, confesses the truth to Grace and she leaves, telling him that she never wants to see him again. Conrad goes home and tells his mother what had happened. Following this talk, he goes to see Grace's parents to tell them the truth and return the plant. It is revealed that Conrad never did get back in touch with Grace and hopes she's okay wherever she is. An adult Conrad eventually marries and has a son, whom he names Eric.

Cast

as Conrad Stevens, Grace's love interest **

Pablo Schreiber Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Swe ...

as Older Conrad Stevens *

as Grace Turner, Conrad's love interest *

as Hunter Gorski, Conrad's friend * Ryan Lee as Timmy, Conrad's other friend *

as Mrs. Stevens, Conrad's mother *

as Mrs. Turner, Grace's mother *

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as Mr. Turner, Grace's father *

as Eric Turner. Grace's deceased brother

Production

The film was shot in

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in July 2013 under the title ''Grass Stains''.

Release

In April 2018,

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picked up North American distribution rights for the film, retitled ''All Summers End'', and set the film's release date for June 1, 2018.

Reception

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, ''All Summers End'' has an approval rating of 20% based on five reviews (one positive and four negative), with an average rating of 3.50/10. In a positive review, Stephen Farber of ''

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'' wrote, "the resolution seems honest and mature, and a brief epilogue is so powerful that it makes us forget some of the film's earlier lapses. The emotionally devastating last line socks the whole movie home." Robert Abele of the ''

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'', however, was critical of the film's dramatic structure, writing "Writer-director Kyle Wilamowski smothers his bid for nuanced emotion in the cardboard mechanics of bad-decision drama."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2370230 2017 films 2017 directorial debut films 2017 drama films 2010s English-language films American drama films Films scored by Joel P. West Films set in North Carolina Films shot in North Carolina 2010s American films