This Summer Growing Up is Optional
Leigh, feeling unfulfilled, quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She takes a job as a lifeguard, regresses into adolescent behavior, and begins a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager, leading to consequences for everyone involved.
Directed byLiz W. Garcia
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- August 30, 2013
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Kristen Bell
Leigh
Mamie Gummer
Mel
Martin Starr
Todd
Joshua Harto
John
Alex Shaffer
Matt
David Lambert
Little Jason
Amy Madigan
Justine
Adam LeFevre
Hans
John Finn
Big Jason
Paulie Litt
Lumpy
- Directed by
- Liz W. Garcia
- Written by
- Liz W. Garcia
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