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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Summer Storm is a contemporary teen summer romance with a modern sexual twist -- though in many ways, it's just the same old malarkey. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Stadlober, a young Austrian actor cast in the leading role, is charming enough to survive most of the movie's labored attempts to lighten up. Read more
Neva Chonin, San Francisco Chronicle: Though the characters and plot are all paint-by-numbers, Summer Storm is still a fairly charming look at what it's like for a typical teen jock to admit he's not so typical, after all. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: Someone should tell the poor guy that being gay doesn't have to mean being this lame. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Its coming-of-age yarn goes nowhere beyond inevitably out of a closet. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: A lovely wallow in the sweaty pains and joys of mostly gay adolescent love. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Kreutzpainter limns his multifarious characters with an amiable, unforced humor and an authentic feel for the ways in which good kids respond to peer pressure with less-than-admirable behavior. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Equal parts earnest and endearing, Bavarian director Marco Kreuzpaintner's gay romance tackles its adolescent heartaches with unusual compassion. Read more
Nathan Lee, New York Times: Summer Storm is another of those soft-core, simple-minded stories about a geeky young gay man (Robert Stadlober as Tobi) struggling with his sexuality over the course of a long, hot, sexed-up summer. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's sunny and frothy, with odd laugh-out-loud moments. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: Tale of a high-school rowing team's captain going through major changes during a week-long training retreat is routine in some aspects, but compensates via psychologically sharp writing and performances. Read more
Elliott Stein, Village Voice: One of the film's major assets is Stadlober's winningly natural performance -- his moody charisma is irresistible. Read more