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30/08/2013 Drama, Comedy, Romance 1h 38m
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This Summer Growing Up is Optional

Overview

Leigh, feeling unfulfilled, quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She takes a job as a lifeguard, regresses into adolescent behavior, and begins a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager, leading to consequences for everyone involved.

  1. Liz W. Garcia

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Kristen Bell

    Leigh

  2. Mamie Gummer

    Mel

  3. Martin Starr

    Todd

  4. Joshua Harto

    John

  5. Alex Shaffer

    Matt

  6. David Lambert

    Little Jason

  7. Amy Madigan

    Justine

  8. Adam LeFevre

    Hans

  9. John Finn

    Big Jason

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2019-11-11
***A successful-yet- disheartened adult goes back home to refresh, but momentarily forgets she’s an adult***

An overachieving 29 year-old reporter in New York City (Kristen Bell) experiences burnout and so flees to her hometown in Connecticut where she gets her old lifeguard job back at the local pool. She reunites with old friends as well as establishes new relations with the teens that frequent the pool, which isn’t a good mix if the adult throws wisdom to the wind.

"The Lifeguard" (2013) is a realistic slice-of-life drama that meshes "Lifeguard" (1976) and “Summer of ’42” (1...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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