Chasing Summer
2026movie
After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.
After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.
A review of Chasing Summer, a comedy starring Iliza Shelesinger, directed by Josephine Decker, screening at Sundance 2026.For Shlesinger, Chasing Summer should successfully push her through the stand-up to movie star pipeline with ease. Her wit and timing – not just via Shlesinger’s performance, but also her script – is sharp, reflective, and poignant, not just a bunch of tossed off one-liners searching for a better story. It’s a great case of a writer-performer crafting the best possible vehicle for their talents, even if it does conform to a lot of genre standards.
After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down. Celebrated Sundance Film Festival alum Josephine Decker (director of 2018’s Madeline’s Madeline and 2020’s Shirley) collaborates with acclaimed comedian — and here, writer-star — Iliza Shlesinger to bring to life this charming and sensual story of generational subversions and unexpected second chances.
