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Stolen Summer

Play trailer Poster for Stolen Summer PG 2002 1h 30m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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37% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Stolen Summer chronicles the friendship of Pete O'Malley (Adi Stein) and Danny Jacobsen (Michael Weinberg). Most third-graders spend their summers playing baseball and hanging out at the pool. But when Pete's Catholic school teacher warns him to clean up his rambunctious act or risk the wrath of his maker, he decides to embark on a divine mission to do good in his Chicago community and prove his worthiness for entry to heaven.

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Stolen Summer feels like a sugary after-school special stretched out to feature length.

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Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly 09/23/2002
A period story about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell. Go to Full Review Tom Maurstad Dallas Morning News 06/27/2002
C-
Nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here. Go to Full Review Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer 05/16/2002
2.5/4
Even when his technique is amateurish, Jones' belief in the material is refreshing. Go to Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
Despite all the flaws, plot holes, and continuity screw-ups, this was an enjoyable and sweet movie with a cute story. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 02/09/2007
D+
The background and conditions under which this film (part of HBO's Proejct Greenlight) was produced and documented (with step-by-step accuracy, humor, and cynicism, and self-importance) overshadow by far its underwhelming artistic merits; it's a clunker Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
3.5/5
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02/16/2021 I loved it. For those looking of an old fashioned good movie. See more 03/07/2018 Absolutely loves it! It was very well written and the child actors were amazing. See more 09/16/2015 As a theologian, I had some issues with it. Aside from those, it was a very sweet film, and an impressive debut, both for Pete Jones, and for Project Greenlight. See more 09/16/2015 As a theologian, I had some issues with it. Aside from those, it was a very sweet film, and an impressive debut, both for Pete Jones, and for Project Greenlight. See more 04/29/2014 Not quite. Things don't come together so well. Wide Awake (with Joseph Cross) is a much better movie on the same topic. See more 04/26/2014 Wonderful characters with real relationship development about faith, family, and how to be real neighbors. See more Read all reviews
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Pete Jones

Director

Aidan Quinn

Joe O'Malley

Bonnie Hunt

Margaret O'Malley

Kevin Pollak

Rabbi Jacobsen

Adi Stein

Pete O'Malley

Michael Weinberg

Danny Jacobsen

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Stolen Summer

(L to R) Adi Stein, Mike Weinberg, and director Pete Jones on location for Stolen Summer. Mike Weinberg in Stolen Summer. Aidan Quinn and Kevin Pollak in Stolen Summer. Aidan Quinn and Bonnie Hunt in Stolen Summer. Mike Weinberg and Adi Stein in Pete Jones's STOLEN SUMMER. Adi Stein and Mike Weinberg in Stolen Summer. Stolen Summer (2002) Stolen Summer (2002) View more photos

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Synopsis Stolen Summer chronicles the friendship of Pete O'Malley (Adi Stein) and Danny Jacobsen (Michael Weinberg). Most third-graders spend their summers playing baseball and hanging out at the pool. But when Pete's Catholic school teacher warns him to clean up his rambunctious act or risk the wrath of his maker, he decides to embark on a divine mission to do good in his Chicago community and prove his worthiness for entry to heaven.
Director
Pete Jones
Producer
Chris Moore, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Screenwriter
Pete Jones
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Project Greenlight
Rating
PG (Thematic Elements|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$119.8K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)