‘Cruel Summer’ review: 90s kitsch of the best kind
The Hindu
The twists and turns come thick and fast with unreliable narrators galore, in this enjoyable teen mystery-thriller
Once you go beyond the gimmicky time travelling, Cruel Summer is particularly engaging. Following two teenagers, nerdy Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia) and popular Kate (Olivia Holt) over three years, Cruel Summer, alternates between the two girls’ point of view. The show looks at a particular day on all three years, starting with a title card that reads, “The events that are about to unfold take place on approximately (date), 1993, 1994, and 1995”. . Cruel Summer starts with Jeanette’s 15th birthday and the beginning of the summer vacation on June 21, 1993, when she is wished by her loving family: dad Greg (Michael Landes), mum Cindy (Sarah Drew), and elder brother Derek (Barrett Carnahan). She spends the day with her best friends Mallory (Harley Quinn Smith) and Vince (Allius Barnes) making a list of daring things to do in the summer.
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