Summer Hours (2008)

We're celebrating (U.S.) Thanksgiving the right way: with quiet, sad, potentially boring family time. This week, the Crit Club watched Olivier Assayas' 2008 film Summer Hours, a contemplative movie about siblings dealing with the loss of their mother. With different priorities and different expectations of life, two brothers and a sister reckon with what will become of their family's legacy and what they will leave for their children. Will we find this film layered and complex like a well constructed Thanksgiving stuffing? Or will this movie set us up to snooze like an overdone turkey? Wouldn't you like to know! Other things we talked about: - Still Walking - Personal Shopper - Bram Stoker - The Sparks Brothers - Last Night in Soho - Tombstone - Love on the Spectrum - Censor - OLD (the movie about the beach that makes you old) Next week, we'll be watching the 1973 animated movie Belladonna of Sadness. You can join us in watching it if you'd like, but you might want to skip this one and just listen to our episode instead... And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter with the handle @critclubcast.