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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality, language and some drug use

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Romance

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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Slowly evolves into an oddly affecting mood piece about lost girl–ness.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/14/05
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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Pawel Pawlikowski has crafted a moody and disturbing love story of manipulation and betrayal with a smattering of spare parts.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
06/12/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

When compared with most of what passes for honest teen drama these days, My Summer of Love is a real reprieve.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/05/05
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

A movie you seem to watch through translucent eyelids...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
08/05/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A love fantasy with sparkling performances by newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
11/23/04
Ray Bennett
Ray Bennett
Hollywood Reporter
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My Summer of Love is one of those promising little gems that comes along and gets lost in the hype generated by Hollywood's flood of blockbusters.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
07/05/05
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The inexperienced young actresses give such unaffected performances that the film develops a voyeuristic quality as the relationship takes on the momentum of a runaway train.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
06/16/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

As coming-of-age stories go, My Summer Of Love is far more provocative and mysterious than most.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/01/05
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Exotic and erotic English film about two young girls who are carried away by their yearning to lose themselves in something transcendent.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
06/16/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

My Summer of Love remains stubbornly stalled between 'artistic' lesbian hubba-hubba and such tougher fare as Peter Jackson's superior Heavenly Creatures.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/17/05
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Pawlikowski does such a great job of establishing a sense of youthful carelessness that we're sucked into Mona's summer adventure.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
08/19/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Pawel Pawlikowski's open and poetic new film proves without a shadow of a doubt that his stunning Last Resort from 2000 was no fluke.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
07/21/05
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
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Press and Blunt['s] characterizations are expressively detailed and never rely on declamatory dialogue or excessive behavior.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/16/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
07/07/05
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

I think I’d rather go back and watch “Heavenly Creatures” again.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/22/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Director Pawel Pawlikowski, whose last film, "Last Resort," was a minor revelation,..has chosen to adapt a novel which demands comparison to Heavenly Creatures...

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/17/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The film reaches a point of high drama, for sure, but when Edith Piaf's voice rises over the final minutes, the gothic climax curls into a wicked grin.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/08
Robert Davis
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine

You get multi-dimensional characters that are usually absent from summer movies.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/22/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Pawlikowski treats the girls' escalating attraction with delicacy, avoiding the titillating pitfalls of the genre.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
06/24/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

In adapting a novel by Helen Cross, the Polish-born Pawlikowski has made a strangely absorbing movie about trust and betrayal that showcases the work of two fine young British actresses, Natalie Press and Emily Blunt.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
06/17/05
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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