Film Review – Ping Pong Summer

“Ping Pong Summer” is in love with the 1980s. It’s an obsession that drives writer/director Michael Tully, who celebrates and satirizes the era with this vague “Karate Kid” riff that’s all about the details. While it teases “Wedding Singer”-style nostalgia as a means of wink-happy derision, “Ping Pong Summer” is a more pure-hearted affair, with an interest in silliness that carries throughout the film. It’s funny at times, energized by its idolatry, and while there are substantial shortcomings to the picture, it knows how to have a good time, playing with teen cinema conventions as it checks off its laundry list of references and sense memories. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com