Sara

The scouts

A premise so earnestly conventional it almost circles back to interesting—two girls, one summer, New York—but the film seems entirely comfortable living in that safety zone, which is precisely where Felix gets bored.

The tender, contemplative register suggests a filmmaker aware of the coming-of-age tradition, though the execution feels more YouTube-sincere than formally considered—a missed opportunity for the kind of rigor that makes these intimate stories resonate at festivals.

There's a specificity in how Stan frames these two lives converging that transcends the familiar premise; the decision to hold on quiet moments rather than manufacture drama is what transforms a summer story into something that actually breathes.