Made Me Smile :)

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2013)

A humorous tale of love between two coming of age kids. The humour is dry and subtle - similar in style to "The Men Who Stare at Goats" or "I heart Huckabees". The cast is fantastic; especially newcomers Jared Gilman & Kara Hayward, the stars of the movie. Kara is so intense and serious exactly how you'd expect a 20something jaded person to be not a twelve year old. She was superb! Sam plays a fantastic matter-of-fact, take- charge kid also acting much older than he is supposed to be. Both characters a great contrast to the other kids in the camp; who are always seen playing and goofing around. Actually, at times, the adults in the movie seem to be more childly innocent and playful, especially the character of Edward Norton. As for the famous A-list celebrity cast, they're great as usual. Even Tilda Swinton's 3 second role was entertaining. A simple humorous tale that doesn't really have any deep meaning behind it but it sure does entertain if dry humour is your bag of popcorn.