Summering

Summering follows four best friends — Daisy, Dina, Mari and Lola — during the final weekend before they start middle school. Aware that their lives are about to change, the girls decide to make the most of the time they have left together. While returning to one of their favourite spots, they come across something unexpected, and rather than telling their parents or contacting the authorities, they take it upon themselves to work out what it means. What begins as a last burst of summer freedom turns into a series of discoveries that push the four of them towards growing up.

The film is a drama directed by James Ponsoldt, who wrote the screenplay with Benjamin Percy and also produced it. It is the fifth feature Ponsoldt directed, following Smashed, The Spectacular Now, The End of the Tour and The Circle. The four girls are played by Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield and Sanai Victoria, with Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe and Megan Mullally in supporting roles.

Released in August 2022, the film runs 87 minutes and was produced by Stage 6 Films, A Bigger Boat, City Boy Hands and 3311 Productions. Audience response has been muted: on IMDb it holds 4.5 out of 10 from around 520 votes, and on TMDB 4.6 out of 10 from roughly two dozen votes.