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Cruel Summer (2021)

2021-04-20 · 42m · EN
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Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

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Max WinklerDirectorBill PurpleDirectorLaura Nisbet PetersDirectorBert V. RoyalWriter

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Olivia HoltOlivia HoltKate WallisChiara AureliaChiara AureliaJeanette TurnerFroy GutierrezFroy GutierrezJamie HensonHarley Quinn SmithHarley Quinn SmithMallory HigginsAllius BarnesAllius BarnesVince FullerBrooklyn SudanoBrooklyn SudanoAngela PrescottBlake LeeBlake LeeMartin HarrisMichael LandesMichael LandesGreg TurnerSadie StanleySadie StanleyMegan LandryLexi UnderwoodLexi UnderwoodIsabella LaRueGriffin GluckGriffin GluckLuke ChambersLisa YamadaLisa YamadaParker Tanaka

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Genre affinityMystery · DramaNarrative complexityMysteryDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference122276 · 1196715 · 1083765Actor preference99554 · 81188 · 863843

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What is Cruel Summer about?

Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

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Cruel Summer has a runtime of 42 minutes.

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