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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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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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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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An exquisite exploration into the realms of seduction, obsession, deception and disillusionment.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/23/05
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

My Summer of Love is less entertainment than it is a pleasant experience, but Pawlikowski's adept handling of his talented cast also gives it staying power.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
06/23/05
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

conveys the desperation of a man whose redemption seems to be slipping away

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
06/22/05
David Thomas
David Thomas
Filmcritic.com

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

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

Disregard the bland title: This is a fresh, unsettling, and erotic lesbian coming-of-age drama that, though different in style, recalls Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
N/R

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

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

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

A remarkable if brief entrance into real psychologies.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/17/05
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Remember these names; remember this strange, lovely movie.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
06/17/05
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

My Summer of Love had me at hello.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/17/05
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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My Summer of Love is not a kiosk for lesbian love, either. It's the story of two needy, sexy girls willing to make confusion a way of life, for one tough summer.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
06/17/05
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Reinforces the sense that this director knows his way around the range of human emotion.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/17/05
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

My Summer of Love is willfully romantic -- and just as smart about the dangers in that.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/17/05
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

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

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

Brilliantly evokes the sleepy, slightly unreal atmosphere of teenage summers that seem to stretch endlessly into the future.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/17/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
 
 
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