i be a sucker for film like this . film that take you back and let you relive your childhood . i be a grown up now and have many grow up responsibility like a mortgage and kid and dog and a wife and a slew of others . i enjoy my life but it be not a innocent and carefree like it be when i be twelve . mike binder indian summer know this and explore this like he be twelve year old . it bring you back to a time when life be simple and much more fun . it bring you back to a time when worry about your first kiss and wonder if you could finish the camp marathon be important issue . indian summer be a fantastic film and it be one that should be watch at least once a year just so you can sit back and laugh . and reminisce . the film star kevin pollak and bill paxton and diane lane and matt craven ( to name a few ) a childhood friend that be be summon back to camp tamakwa by their former head camp counsellor and uncle lou . uncle lou be play perfectly by alan arkin . he be kind of guy who be the patriarch of the group . he be also all knowing and encompass the true spirit of a father figure and someone who understand the simple thing in life . he have a hard time relate to today kid that need a walkman blaring in their ear when they be at a place of immense beauty like tamakwa . this be a camp that have moose wander through the camp and leave turn colour that god give them and water for as far a the eye can see . uncle lou yearns for the day of old and ask his former camper back to the camp to see one of them will take over the camp . while they be all together again and we get to see their trial and tribulation and perhaps a new love could spring between them . a the adult return to the camp and it isn not long before they act like kid again a the typical camp prank get play all over again . they take toilet paper out of the stall and the put toothpaste on sleep bag and so on . all of this be do hilariously and with actor like pollak and paxton and it be all very funny stuff . but beyond the hilarity and we get to explore some very real adult emotion that anyone can relate to . in one of my favourite scene and kevin pollak and elizabeth perkins be overlook a bay where they use to go canoe a kid . pollak can not get over how small it all look and perkins finally tell him that the bay do not get small and they just get big . it doesn not hammer the point home and but it do it subtly . we all grow up and we all move on and we all unfortunately can not live like we do 20 year ago . the more thing change and the more they stay the same . indian summer be a character drive film and it be write beautifully by mike binder who actually do attend camp camp tamakwa and ( a do sam raimi and who play stick in the film ) and it be his fond and vivid memory of his experience that fuel the film . there be many touch scene and there be many hilarious one also . both be perfect . i love this film . i love everything about it and it be a true hidden gem . positive .