Indian Summer 1993

     Uncle Lou is a counselor at Canadian summer camp Tamakwa.  The scenery at this camp in the Canadian Northwoods is spectacular.  Lou feels he can’t relate to the current young people coming to the camp.  He invites a group from the golden age of camping for a reunion as his last camping session.  All the men and women are now in their twenties.  They have come to reflect on what they have become now and who they were as campers.  Beth is adjusting to her husband’s death.  Jennifer is looking forward to renewing her relationship with Matthew.  The only problem with this plan is that Matthew is married to Kelly.  Jamie is a “care about myself only” bachelor with a young fiancé.  Jack was mysteriously kicked out of camp?  

     This film is in the genre of The Big Chill but better than Peter’s Friends and possibly better than The Big Chill itself?  Maybe it’s the scenery but this seems more real and down to earth.  The characters are more relatable even though the clothing and hairstyles are dated.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

98 min, Comedy directed by Mike Binder with Alan Arkin, Matt Craven, Elizabeth Perkins, Diane Lane, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Bill Paxton, Kevin Pollak, Sam Raimi, Vincent Spano, Julie Warner, Richard Chevolleau, Rober K. Feldmann.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 65% critic 60% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Metacritic 76 out of 100 with 14 critics, user score 5.6 out of 10 with 16 ratings .  

Special Note:  Filmed in Camp Tamakwa, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.  Writer-director Mike Binder actually went to this camp for ten summers.  Diane Lane is playing two roles, Beth Warden and then Claire Everett later in a flashback.  The actual meaning of Indian Summer is a period when a cool, shallow polar air mass stagnat4es and becomes a deep, warm high-pressure center.