IMDb RATING
5.4/10
3.1K
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A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong.A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong.A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
Helena May Seabrook
- Michelle Miracle
- (as Helena Seabrook)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe DeLorean in the motel parking lot is a reference to both Lea Thompson's famous role in Back To The Future and the year 1985, when both Ping Pong Summer and Back To The Future take place.
- GoofsThe movie takes place 1985, but the father's car is a 1989 Chevy Caprice.
- SoundtracksMajor Tom (Coming Home)
Written by Peter Schilling (as Pierre Schilling) and David Lodge
Performed by Peter Schilling
Featured review
One's impression while watching this film is fairly mixed: there were many parts that made it funnier than the typical Hollywood Asian rip-off (intentionally so) which kept me interested in the film. Furthermore, the acting is not as bad as typical of this genre, and I found some of the characters especially expressive and entertaining.
However, the fault of the film is that it falls victim to many of the errors of US rips on Japanese cinema: the quality being grainy and questionable, the simplicity of the plot and having shocking simplicity in the archetypes of good & evil, and furthermore, being overall rather corny.
But if you can stand for a typical "re-imagined" B movie, this is not so bad; I found it entertaining and its' pong scenes were not very shabby, either. And furthermore, the film did not fall victim to any ridiculous subplot or added Twilight-esque love-stories, nor was it ruined by an overwhelming personality clogging up the story, which can easily kill other films. For what they have, a decent film. If you see it for what it is, it is not hard to watch and enjoy it. Decent for anybody who has an attachment to the genre.
However, the fault of the film is that it falls victim to many of the errors of US rips on Japanese cinema: the quality being grainy and questionable, the simplicity of the plot and having shocking simplicity in the archetypes of good & evil, and furthermore, being overall rather corny.
But if you can stand for a typical "re-imagined" B movie, this is not so bad; I found it entertaining and its' pong scenes were not very shabby, either. And furthermore, the film did not fall victim to any ridiculous subplot or added Twilight-esque love-stories, nor was it ruined by an overwhelming personality clogging up the story, which can easily kill other films. For what they have, a decent film. If you see it for what it is, it is not hard to watch and enjoy it. Decent for anybody who has an attachment to the genre.
- heatherderringer
- Jul 12, 2014
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Ping pong leto
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,909
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,781
- Jun 8, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $52,909
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
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