The Last of the High Kings, also released under the title Summer Fling in some countries, is a 1996 coming-of-age comedy-drama Irish film set in 1970s Howth, Dublin, following teenaged friends becoming immersed in the emerging punk scene, against the backdrop of the death of Elvis Presley, and various teen drama.

In the summer of 1977, in the coastal village of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, on his last day of secondary school, a despondent Frankie (Leto) believes he has failed his final exams.

His plans to attend university and romance girls such as his classmates Romy (Emily Mortimer) and Jayne (Lorraine Pilkington) have been ruined.

When Frankie's theatrical father, Jack (Gabriel Byrne) arrives, he impatiently drives his car through the locked property gate, damaging it before greeting his wife and five children.

One midsummer day, whilst Frankie and a friend attempt to repair the gate his father nearly destroyed, Romy visits to collect donations for the Labour Party.

Erin (Ricci), a visiting teenager from Milwaukee, and her little sister, Rainbow, comes to stay with the family at Jack's invitation.

At Romy's and Jayne's suggestion, Erin willingly demonstrates a cheerleading routine on the crowded bus, dedicated to Frankie to his embarrassment.

After arguing with friends about the futility of planning a beach party, Frankie heedlessly wanders into a gorse fire.

Rabin is also critical of the actors, saying "Leto is a washout as the film's wistful protagonist, and O'Hara gives an almost embarrassingly over-the-top performance".

[8] Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent says the film is formulaic but "What saves the film is the director David Keating's light tone -- he seems to be both indulging his audience's nostalgia and gently mocking it" and "It helps that the actor Jared Leto has a permanent twinkle in his eye which suggests that Frankie too realises both the gravity and the absurdity of his initiation into adulthood.

"[9] Anne Billson of the Sunday Telegraph called it "another slice of Oirish whimsy" and praised it for the incidental pleasures, but criticized for being formless and rambling.