Now this is my kind of coming of age. There isn't any like it I've ever seen. A refreshment of nostalgia. An adolescent, pubescent slice of white suburban insecurity. It's difficult to put into words the insurmountable strangeness of the film. It's a straightforward script to be clear, but the effictiveness of its simplicity, the natural performances from each character, and malaise of daily life is captured beautifully.

A lyrical and distinctively gorgeous tone poem of disillusionment and raging hormones; David Robert Mitchell's The Myth of the American Sleepover dives into the melancholy and the honesty within the darkness of the summer months, as teenagers roam freely in a state of searching and yearning for connection.

While some of the acting is borderline amateurish and a couple of the character arcs aren't as satisfying as they're meant to be, the rest is a solid and beautifully defined work of feeling and emotional discovery. Characters talk, fight, flirt, smoke, drink, and seek, with some individuals discovering more than others, often in unexpected ways. The result is a film of remarkable truth, laden within shots of breathtaking simplicity and nostalgic resonance.

As a first feature, It's damn good. Just on its own, The Myth of the American Sleepover is still damn good. Recommended for all fans of exceptional indies and simple cinema.

Ouch. That's the sound of my heart filling up with the immense power of nostalgia. David Robert Mitchell's debut feature evokes an aura of sadness, not in a negative way mind you, but of a time no longer present and may never be again. A time of exploration, fun, perpetual awkwardness and human connection, both primal and sensitive. All the performers here act with intoxicating naturalism, which Mitchell surrounds with a palpable atmosphere that finds the most basic interactions emitting visual poetry. Growing up has its advantages, but nothing can compare to the uninhibited folly of youth. We can only cherish the moments we had, for when we lived them, we could never fully realize how happy they made us. We just didn't have enough time for that...

do movies about teens make everyone sad? is that the appeal for adults? to revisit your childhood or to pine for the one you never had? (i'm the second one.) i dont know. i am sad. is it just me? i dont know anyone. help me

also i put "100,000 fireflies" on a mixtape i made for a boy and now im double sad and im gonna go kms

In this one 4 young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer. This has a pretty large cast of very young actors....all of which do a pretty good job. The story is easy to follow and is very believable...the only drawback is nothing really happens in the movie. It is like going to a good party....but since nothing really happened ...you have nothing really interesting to report the next day. Final thought....this is a decent movie...but does nothing to score higher than a 3 star rating in my book.

worse than riverdale i think

It's both melancholic as the recent Palo Alto and delightful as John Hughes' works. Most characters seem really shallow, but you can see how these small experiences are slowly making them more mature. The directing is well above-average for this kind of film and it captures perfectly the weirdness and sweetness of this period of life.

this was the movie in Under the Silver Lake that everybody was watching at the cemetery...is David Robert Mitchell trying to say that he desecrated Hitchcock's grave by making this movie?

Well this is awkward.
But it maintains a sweetness
In its honesty.

didn't expect much first, but... honestly, I just loved seeing how teenagers' lives can change in a long summer night among the sounds of cicadas. the film carries that vague nostalgia of a lovely moment in teenage years right before you realize it's all gonna end. lots of warm moments that everyone can relate to! fav.

I watched it 4 years ago at like 2am and I forgot about it. The plot is was super weird to me and didn’t make sense. That’s also what I like about it though.
I’m kind of in shock that I found it because every time I describe it to someone, they have to clue what I’m talking about.

mr it follows youre going to bad movie jail for this one

I just feel like I should have done more this summer. - Claire Sloma as Maggie

Myth Of An American Sleepover is one of those indies where you can definitely tell it's an indie. While it never gets to the levels of amateur of say early mumblecore, there's a certain lack of polish throughout the entire thing. The film is an ode to white suburban teenagedom of the 21st century, and at times it seems to capture that, while at other times it feels like it is trying so hard to be a movie that it forgets what it is trying to say. Perhaps a more polished script, or more trust in the actors, could've been something truly special

Richard Linklater would be proud.

This was geniunley one of the most boring films I've ever seen. I turned it off after a half hour because I almost fell asleep from how boring it was.

Ini mah mabit

finally found the coy girl version of “what? showering without me? 🤔” meme & it’s the girl with short blonde hair

Uno más rancio que el otro.
Buen coming - of -age de un suburbio yankee bien nefasto.
La disfrute y le quise pegar a muchos personajes.
Le agregaría un soundtrack bien épico y creo que sumaria mil puntos, pero igual cumple.
Nice

This was cute.

Took a while to get going. And I wondered actually how much I was invested and then the guy blows it with one of the twins and I thought, you idiot, and then realised I was more invested than I thought. 

Look forward to seeing more of Claire Sloma. She’s the stand out here.