Watch: Ping Pong Summer 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who’s obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family’s annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you’re treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you’re as funky fresh as it gets..
Plot: In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who’s obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
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sweet but needs better kid actors
It’s 1985. Rad Miracle (Marcello Conte) is an awkward teen loner. He loves ping pong and hip hop. His sister Michelle (Helena Seabrook) is a bitter sarcastic teen. His parents state trooper Brendan (John Hannah) and Crandall (Lea Thompson) are cheapskates. They got a deal on their Ocean City annual summer vacation. He’s infatuated with Stacy Summers. Rich kids Lyle Ace and Dale Lyons are picking on him. His new friend Teddy Fryy tells him that his next door neighbor Randi Jammer (Susan Sarandon) is a weirdo but she turns out to be a great mentor.I really want to root for these kids. I kinda like them in their shy dorky ways. Their story is sweet and a little cliché. I like the popular girl who has a problem. The main drawback are the teen actors. I don’t want to say bad things about them but they’re mostly amateurs. It shows. Their dialog, their interactions and their general acting abilities are all a bit deficient. Writer/director Michael Tully needs to give Rad another dimension. He needs an awkward sense of humor or something more than just being shy. The adults are fine and I love Hannah and Thompson. Sarandon has some nice moments. Amy Sedaris has a nice fun short section. The kids need a bit more charisma.
Exceeded my expectations
I passed this movie over more than once because the title had me thinking it was a children’s movie, but out of sheer boredom one day I decided to give it a shot. From the opening credits to the final scene I found the film utterly delightful. The movie employs a dry sense of humor and draws upon memories of growing up in the eighties, so it is tailored to a very specific audience. The artist’s technique in this film was to take a very simple story line and effectively provoke a sense of nostalgia in the audience referencing popular 1980’s concepts. If you weren’t a child of the eighties watching shows like “You Can’t Do That on Television” and collecting Garbage Pail Kid Cards, you probably won’t relate to this movie. I haven’t seen any of this writer/director’s other work, but if he is as effective at applying this level of skill to a story tailored to a wider audience, I think he could be the next Stanley Kubrick.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 25781
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director Michael Tully
Writer Michael Tully
Actors Marcello Conte, Judah Friedlander, Amy Sedaris
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio N/A
Camera Arriflex 416, Zeiss Ultra 16 Lenses
Laboratory Cinelicious, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak Vision3 200T 7213, Vision3 500T 7219)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema