The year is 1984. It's summer, and the rebellious 12-year-old girl Kid wants to stay in Gothenburg, but her mother has other plans. Kid discovers that summer vacation in Finland isn't as bad as ...

A coming-of-age tale with enough charm to coast over moments of predictability, “That Special Summer” has a generic English-language title but a high-wattage lead in child thesp Mia Saarinen.