Contains brilliantly likeable performances from the central cast, with the cheesy teen drama of the first half paying off in the more emotionally complex second.

Overall, Something Like Summer is very good at what it does, but what it does never really gets beyond the superficial.

There is more to like in Something Like Summer than dislike but it doesn't make it easy: it feels sincere, but its issue with plot and characters drag it down considerably.

The film glides superficially, devoid of insight, over the substance of real gay lives.