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Snack Shack (2024)

Snack Shack poster
Directed by
Adam Rehmeier
Genre
comedy film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 262 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the summer of 1991, two teenage friends run a snack shack at a community pool in Nebraska City. A new lifeguard arrives and changes their dynamic.

nostalgicsunnylightheartedbittersweetwarmleisurelyplayfulcoming-of-age

What happens

Snack Shack is a 2024 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier. Set in the summer of 1991, it stars Conor Sherry and Gabriel LaBelle as a pair of teenage friends working at a community pool snack shack in Nebraska City. Mika Abdalla portrays a newcomer lifeguard who disrupts the friend duo's summer plans. Gillian Vigman, David Costabile, and Nick Robinson play supporting roles. The film's plot is semi-autobiographical, being loosely based on Rehmeier's childhood experience in Nebraska City. MRC, Paperclip Limited, and T-Street produced the film. Snack Shack received a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2024, by Republic Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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