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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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Arguably the best film of the summer, perhaps even the year.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
06/25/05
Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

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

It is at once a beautiful work of artifice and a convincing reflection of life's messy ambiguities. Aesthetically contained, morally uncertain.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/23/05
Kerry Lengel
Kerry Lengel
Arizona Republic
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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
N/R

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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
AV Club

A startling rite-of-passage drama from Polish-born writer-helmer Pawel Pawlikowski.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/23/04
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC

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
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
06/18/05
Boston Phoenix

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

[Pawlikowski] coaxes brilliant performances from all three actors and keeps the audience nicely off balance in this bittersweet portrait.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
04/23/05
Susan Green
Susan Green
Boxoffice Magazine

This isn't a coming-of-age movie so much as a movie about being of an age.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
06/17/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's all very mesmerizing, for them and us.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/18/05
Ellen Fox
Ellen Fox
Chicago Tribune

Superbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found in today's films.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
06/16/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

For those seeking just another cinematic girls only “bump ‘n’ grind” along the lines of Wild Things, perhaps a trashier film should be sought.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
06/17/05
Jonathan Moy
Jonathan Moy
CinemaBlend.com

Apparently, lesbians are hot these days...

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
06/17/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

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 vivid portrayal of an indelible friendship.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
06/11/05
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

That's what makes this such a strong coming-of-age story; we feel Mona evolving, but until the last few frames, we aren't sure what or who she's become.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
06/17/05
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

Pavlikovsky ends up falsifying everything his style was working so effectively to create, and only because he ultimately chose content over style.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
06/28/05
George Wu
George Wu
culturevulture.net

Exquisitely acted, directed and photographed.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
06/23/05
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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