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Snack Shack

Snack Shack

Comedy · Drama · 2024

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

Movie details

Snack Shack

“One summer can change everything.”

2024 Comedy · Drama 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Snack Shack?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Adam Rehmeier

Written by

Adam Rehmeier

Conor Sherry

Conor Sherry

A.J.

Gabriel LaBelle

Gabriel LaBelle

Moose

Mika Abdalla

Mika Abdalla

Brooke

Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson

Shane

David Costabile

David Costabile

Judge

Gillian Vigman

Gillian Vigman

Jean

June Gentry

June Gentry

Chrissy

Court is in session

Put Snack Shack on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.