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Chasing Summer
Directed by
Josephine Decker
2026
90m
Comedy
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Drama
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6.2
71%
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After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.
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Cast of Chasing Summer
Iliza Shlesinger
Jamie / Writer / Producer
Garrett Wareing
Colby
Lola Tung
Harper
Cassidy Freeman
Marissa
Tom Welling
Chase
Megan Mullally
Layanne
Jeff Perry
Randall
Joe Anselm
Trace
Elliott Campbell
Jay
Zachary Scott Clark
Morgan's Husband
Samuel P. Espinoza
Mateo
Aimee Garcia
Amanda
Alexa Maria Huerta
Janelle
Lindsey Moore
Aida
Jaynelle Veloso
Lara
Otto Klemp
Kellen
Kristin Slaysman
Morgan
Josephine Decker
Director / Executive Producer
Rob Guillermo
Producer
Sam Pressman
Producer
Chasing Summer Ratings & Reviews
Cinemasters
Rua Fay
a tried and true comedy that has some real heart, personality, and pride for the state of Texas.
The Playlist
Marshall Shaffer
The defiant, deliberate Shlesinger refuses to let "Chasing Summer" fall into any expected patterns. The narrative vacillates just as the always plainspoken and newly free-spirited Jamie does.
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rachel Wagner
A nice breath of fresh air for the festival. Nothing super memorable but Iliza Shlesinger is charming
Next Best Picture
Daniel Howat
Ultimately, "Chasing Summer" works as a loving throwback to raunchy rom-coms. Though it plays things relatively safe, it sticks the landing, offering a warm, hopeful take on what it means to go home again.
Keith & the Movies
Keith Garlington
Decker and Shlesinger's collaboration begins as the kind of zany comedy anchored enough in the real world to resonate. It ends up being an indistinct and forgettable letdown that seems custom made for streaming.
Nerdspin
Sara Clements
While the film's narrative can feel all over the place at times, the comedy remains exceptionally strong, grounded by Shlesinger's natural screen presence.
FandomWire
Alan French
Iliza Shlesinger and Josephine Decker combine their styles to create a fun comedy. It is daring, both in its depiction of sex and in navigating love in the modern era.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
Every laugh has purpose within a relationship, lesson, impulse, or revelation. It's not about Jamie finding all the answers. It's about finally understanding what questions to ask.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
While the wild and fun "Chasing Summer" isn't necessarily Decker at her best. It's certainly her at her most content.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Glenn Garner
For anyone who escaped a small town, there's plenty to relate to in this messy dramedy, driven by nostalgia and the emotional weight of going home.
Variety
Peter Debruge
A familiar "you can't go home again" story (till now, Reese Witherspoon had a corner on the market) that miraculously doesn't feel like we've heard it before, even if the moral is perfectly clear from the get-go.
The Hollywood Reporter
Richard Lawson
The movie's weirdness is so, well, weird that it flies past interesting and lands in utterly baffling. It's among the most discordant pairings of director and material that I've seen in some time.
IndieWire
Ryan Lattanzio
Chasing Summer feels like a blandly reassuring teen comedy... Decker's recent push toward what you might call "happier" movies was compelled by personal changes in her life; it feels, though, like a grunge rocker turning into a Top 40 pop star.
Awards Buzz
Abe Friedtanzer
This film feels familiar in a good way, hardly breaking new dramatic or comedic ground but showcasing entertaining character dynamics in a film that's consistently engaging and funny. Shlesinger is a natural on screen.
TheWrap
Chase Hutchinson
Though there are flashes of more chaotic comedy that get the pulse racing here and there, for the most part "Chasing Summer" is a surprisingly safe genre riff.
Critic's Notebook
Martin Tsai
"Chasing Summer" is frequently hilarious, but it is also attuned to the emotional logic beneath self-sabotage.
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