Summer of '42 (1971)
Directed by Robert Mulligan · 103 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
38.5 TOPICAL score · #2,797 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.
Summer of '42 (1971, directed by Robert Mulligan) has a TOPICAL score of 38.5 - ranked 2,797 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score. Critics: 78% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (166 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 27 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics78% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (166 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 27 languages
- Still read17,622 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant