Indian Summer

Mike Binder wrote and directed this reunion story in The Big Chill vein about of group of ex-campers, now in their twenties, who return to their old summer camp to get together again. Alan Arkin plays Uncle Lou, the old camp counselor and resident sage at Canadian summer camp Tamakwa. Leading a ...more

Ten years later, the style and premise of The Big Chill (1983) is borrowed for this reunion comedy-drama that's surprisingly warm and effective, even as its subjects are clearly not advanced enough in years to be suffering from the pangs of nostalgic regret. The plot is expectedly predictable (old wounds are healed, secrets are revealed, new romance takes bloom, etc.), but writer/director Mike Binder handles the proceedings with a gentle good humor and grace that make even the most cliched ...more