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Dickie’s 2 Line Review – Ping Pong Summer

On the surface this is another feel-good, nostalgic coming of age dramedy. Disappointingly, surface is all you get with this agreeable but overly familiar entry into an over-crowded sub genre.

The plot of Ping Pong Summer bears more than a passing resemblance to recent hit The Way Way Back: an introverted teen takes a summer vacation with his family at a tourist spot where he crushes on a girl,…

Ping Pong Summer (2014)

The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets.

Cast:

Marcello Conte, Helena Seabrook, Lea Thompson, Emmi Shockley, Joseph McCaughtry