The Girls of Summer

7/25/2024

**_Lowkey Indie about coming-of-age and traveling with a band_** A musically-inclined young woman working on her ill father’s sod farm in northern Indiana (Tori Titmas) joins a touring country band and discovers her gift for writing songs. “The Girls of Summer” (2020) was director John D. Hancock’s most recent film and likely his last seeing as how he’s now 85. He helmed “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” and “California Dreaming” in the 70s, which means he’s no slouch. Here, he’s strapped with a very low-budget and several amateur actors, filming in his area of residence, La Porte, Indiana, and places nearby. Don’t get me wrong, Tori Titmas does well as the protagonist and the actors who play the father (Jeff Puckett), Luke (Nathan Hosner) and Ben Stone (Dustin Chilton) do a fine j