The 9 best films about the end of summer

There have been plenty of movies that capture the spirit of summer, that time when the vacation seems like it will never end. But what about the inevitable end of summer? When the start of school approaches, do the nights (in theory) get colder and the daylight hours change? From a cinematic point of view, there is plenty of fantasy in this period as well, topics such as starting over or the end of relationships, the end of an era, can be best explored at this time. Let’s see the best topical works!

In Wes Anderson’s lovable coming-of-age rom-com, in the summer of 1965, a young boy scout and his girlfriend run away together into the wilderness to prove their maturity to their parents and to each other. Various authorities are trying to track them down, a wild storm is about to break out at the coast – and the life of the island’s peaceful community is turned upside down. The island off the coast of New England is the perfect setting for the story, with its rainy and cloudy background perfectly capturing the atmosphere of a summer vacation.

You never forget your childhood best friends, or being nearly run over by a train—or finding a dead body in the woods. All three happen in Rob Reiner’s 1986 classic. Based on Stephen King’s short story The Body, the film takes place towards the end of summer and depicts the naivety of childhood and the fear that everything will end one day.

Greg Mottola’s comedy-drama (or vice versa) is set in 1987 and centers on a group of misfits working at a seedy amusement park in Pennsylvania while freshman James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) tries to raise enough money to attend Columbia University in the fall to study journalism. . A film full of the most promising young stars of the time – including Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader – in addition to the various survival and survival strategies of the workers, it shows the preparation for the end of the summer, when the wacky gang has to go their separate ways.

We can thank Pixar for one of the saddest scenes in the field of children’s films. In the third part of Toy Story, we bid a tender farewell to the many toys that we have become friends with during our adventures. Andy has grown up, he doesn’t really play with them anymore, so the moment has come to pass them on as gifts. But she is reluctant to part with Woody, the sheriff, as he was her best friend. In the end, he makes a difficult decision: he says goodbye to her too, and although his heart breaks, he also has to realize that he is forced to move on.

The rapidly approaching school year and the end of summer, which is also a symbol of the end of childhood, leave their mark on the mood of the entire film.

In the cult comedy, Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman play two low-ranking insurance employees who are invited to spend the Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons, a popular beach resort, with their insufferable boss, but the businessman dies unexpectedly. Instead of going back to town, the pair decide to make the most of their situation and spend the last days of summer partying while pretending that Bernie is still alive and well…

George Lucas’s first and most personal film is about the struggles of growing up, about a group of high school friends trying to make the most of their last summer night together as college and the rest of their adult lives begin the next day. All the protagonists of the story, which consists of loosely connected episodes, encounter the big change in a single night. American Graffiti – which for some strange reason never received a Hungarian title – a perfect end-of-summer movie for reminiscing about your teenage years and how to live in the moment.

The underrated satirical comedy Wet Hot American Summer, which has a criminal Hungarian title, arouses nostalgia in the viewers for the atmosphere of summer camps, even if they have never been to such a place. In David Wain’s film set in 1981, the preschool teachers try to keep the campers alive one last time, while they also want to reap the laurels of camp romance in the last days of summer. Almost every Hollywood comedian who was considered cool at the time appears in the parody, from Paul Rudd to Elizabeth Banks and Amy Poehler to Janeane Garofalo.

In one of his most underrated movies, Robin Williams plays an overworked family man who takes a spontaneous family road trip before summer ends and school starts. They were originally going to Hawaii, but the head of the family gets an ultimatum from his boss that he must show up for a meeting in Colorado or lose his job. In a tight spot, Bob decides to combine the pleasant with the useful. Instead of flying, he chooses the asphalt tour and reassures his reluctant family that the journey together will bring them together. The end result can be summed up: total chaos.

Richard Donner’s classic is set in the rainy countryside of Astoria, Oregon, where Mikey and Brand, two brothers and their friends, follow a map to find lost gold and save their town from nefarious investors who bought their houses only to tear them down. The Treasure Hunters want one last adventure together, as they too must part ways at the end of the summer.

Via: Movieweb