Adeel Hail
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
SnoopyStyle
Bradin (Jesse McCartney), Nikki (Kay Panabaker) and Derrick Westerly (Nick Benson) are recently orphaned siblings from Kansas. Their parents were killed in a car accident and they have to move in with their aunt Ava Gregory (Lori Loughlin) in California. Ava lives with her 3 friends who are all equally unprepared to take on the kids.This was definitely Lori Loughlin's show. She's not only the star, but the creator and producer. The kids are good actors. She has Taylor Cole and Zac Efron with recurring roles. Lori was probably not as lucky with the writers. The show had an interesting concept, and lots of possibilities. But the writing really couldn't keep up. It became little more than a sad soap. It's two seasons and out.
Ana Kephra
I am not sure why I gave this show a chance at first, but I watched it since its release in Brazil, running after school once a week to get home in time to see it. This is definitely one of the best shows I've ever seen. Stories of the kids who lose their parents are usually very dramatic, with eternal grief, which makes most of them depressing when they're very good. But this is so not the case of Summerland. The characters of Nikki, Bradin and Derrick actually handle it in such a realistic way, you forget you're watching TV, and actually feel close to them. This is amazing considering how young they are, to pull such complex characters, and that's just in the first episode.During the first season you have this lovely miscellaneous of kids struggling to grow up and adults trying to figure out their lives. Like in real life, like me and my mother, like a family. They have a very sensitive point on father and mother figures, which can certainly mess the head of kids living with their aunt and her roommates (which is what they are, despite the friendship), and how this mess up the adults heads too. It's a lot about learning from your mistakes, and they make as many mistakes as anyone does.The second season, sincerely, was very good, but it was really kinda disappoint somewhere through it. It has all the elements that made me watch it in first place, but there were some more, I didn't felt so much. Like Bradin's surf thing, in such a level, lost a lot of the real feeling of it, and he became a quite annoying character, not at all as I expected. Ava's travels and success in business also seemed sudden, even though this was an year later - somehow, I felt like this would take a much longer time to happen. Susannah's character as "the glue" (as Johnny says) had quite a turn too, when she passes from Ava's friend and everyone's adviser to Ava's sidekick, in the end of this season, which was kinda frustrating.Maybe all that's just perfect, I don't know, but that's how I felt. For these which I consider to be slops, I'm somehow happy the series didn't go further, or it could be more disappointing.But even though my opinion in the end seems sad, this is a show I love with all my heart, and I say everyone should watch it.
hlwdcutie
I absolutely love summerland! This show is for all ages over 8 I would say! If your a high school musical fan... Zac Efron is on it (he looks really young!! :) haha) and also if your a full house fan... Lori Loughlin is the main character in the show! I live in California... and I would say this show is a great depiction of what life is like in CA if you live by the beach! This show goes through every mood possible... at one moment your all depressed and the next your mad and maybe a little after that really happy! The really good thing about this show is that at the end of each episode, it keeps you guessing! It currently airs on "the N" Monday-Friday at 10:00 PM!
summerlandbabe95
It is wonderful and once i saw it i was hooked. I LOVED the characters and Zac Efron's character Cameron bale makes it even wonderful. I was always wondering will she choose Simon or Johnny? Will Bradin ever get together with Callie ? Will Cameron and Nikki get back together? I really want them too! Will derrick and Martha get back together and what about Erika and jay? What Happened to Sarah? What will happen to Callie is she pregnant? I LOVE this show and it is so wonderful and filled with Love, Lust and Drama! I will always love this show because of its great choice of people for the characters, its drama, and it's just the best show ever! You can always watch this show my little sister even loves it!
