Sleeping Giant (2016)

Young teen summering on the lake with his nice family starts hanging out with a couple of rougher-than-he’s-used-to cousins. There’s wrestling, petty theft, smoking, sex talk, arguments, and plenty of dangerous behavior.

This is one of those movies that just gets what it’s like to be a kid who’s unsure of himself but desperately wants to grow up and be cool. There’s fear of being hurt physically, emotionally, and socially: it’s frankly a terrifying time of life that makes one incredibly susceptible to peer pressure and terrible decisions.

B+