Is Summer of '42 easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Summer of '42 scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Summer of '42 violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Summer of '42 sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Summer of '42 end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Summer of '42

Name: Summer of '42
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1971
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Katherine Allentuck

In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42"

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1971103 min6.7 / 10

A bittersweet coming-of-age romance set against a nostalgic 1940s summer, balancing adolescent comedy with the melancholy of forbidden desire and wartime absence.

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.

Questions people ask

Is Summer of '42 easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is Summer of '42 scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Summer of '42 violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Summer of '42 sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Summer of '42 end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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