Ultimately, it's more about mood than the story, but boy, this is one good mood.
My Summer of Love (2005)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:79
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: My Summer of Love is a moody, bittersweet love story featuring outstanding performances from the leads.
Theatrical Release:Jun 17, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $859,409
Synopsis: My Summer of Love is this summer's most intoxicating and intriguing romance. From Pawel Pawlikowski, the award-winning director of "Last Resort", comes a tale of obsession and deception, and the... My Summer of Love is this summer's most intoxicating and intriguing romance. From Pawel Pawlikowski, the award-winning director of "Last Resort", comes a tale of obsession and deception, and the struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible. The passionate, droll, and mysterious drama features striking performances from its two lead actresses, both of whom are movie newcomers. The film vibrantly charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloom one summer for two young women (Natalie Press and Emily Blunt). Mona (played by Ms. Press), behind a spiky exterior, hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life. Tamsin (Ms. Blunt) is well-educated, spoiled and cynical. As they are complete opposites, each is wary of the other's differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination, amusement and attraction. Adding further volatility is Mona's older brother Phil (Paddy Considine), who has renounced his criminal past for religious fervor – which he tries to impose upon his sister. Mona, however, is experiencing her own rapture. "We must never be parted," Tamsin intones to Mona…but can Mona completely trust her? -- © Focus Features [More]
Starring: Paddy Considine, Natalie Press, Emily Blunt
Starring: Paddy Considine, Natalie Press, Emily Blunt
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Screenwriter: Michael Wynne, Pawel Pawlikowski
Producer: Tanya Seghatchian, Chris Collins
Studio: Focus Features
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Reviews for My Summer of Love
Pawel Pawlikowski's lovely film tells a modest story. But it is a triumph of mood and implication.
Turns out to be a triumph of unexpectedness in its slimmed-down story of two teenage girls, one middle-to-lower-class, and the other upper-class.
Torrid eroticism tinged by a sense of menace . . . circles around its complex, conflicted characters before plunging into their dark feelings and hidden half-truths.
Summer is a prime showcase for Emily Blunt and Nathalie Press, two actresses given a shot at the big time with this film, and they meet the challenge brilliantly.
Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film.
You get multi-dimensional characters that are usually absent from summer movies.
Watching it, you're pulled in so completely that you begin to lose your bearings, too.
Sometimes predictable and cliched, occasionally even dull, but worth watching because of the performances of newcomers Natalie Press and Emily Blunt.
Their romance seems alternately fluid and jaunty, as they explore one another and their own feelings.
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