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Not much happens in the understated British comedy “Days of the Bagnold Summer,” and that’s rather the point. It’s a truthful and sometimes moving slice of life (and cake) elevated by vivid lead performances.
Daniel Bagnold (Earl Cave), 15, is supposed to spend the summer with his father’s new family in America, but when those plans are dashed, he sulks, finding himself stuck with his mom, Sue (Monica Dolan), in their English suburb. The wannabe rocker with the greasy hair, Metallica shirt and pale skin of a cave dweller is the picture of the angsty teen who, rather than confronting his feelings of rejection and insecurity, finds nothing amusing and can’t give his mom a break. As the song says, he’s “the only person who’s completely certain there is nothing here to be into.”