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My Summer of Love

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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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No friendship is ever quite as consuming as one between two adolescent girls, and My Summer of Love very quickly moves on into dangerous Heavenly Creatures territory.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/17/05
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Pawel Pawlikowski is helped by his young leads, who make a memorable impact in this unsettling romance.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/17/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

Apparently, lesbians are hot these days...

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

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

You won't forget these girls any time soon.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/17/05
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

A coming-of-age tale that eschews the typical trappings of that genre by making the friendship/love affair between two precocious adolescents into something powerfully obscure.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
06/17/05
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Reel.com

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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Far from earthshaking, but it's fun while it lasts.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/17/05
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

What begins as a boozy and desultory love affair winds down to a powerful and suspenseful finish.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
06/17/05
Kent Turner
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

Ultimately, it's more about mood than the story, but boy, this is one good mood.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
06/17/05
E! Online

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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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

Thoughtful, carefully crafted drama about youth and summer love in a small town is a great acting showcase for a talented cast.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
06/16/05
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Sometimes predictable and cliched, occasionally even dull, but worth watching because of the performances of newcomers Natalie Press and Emily Blunt.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
06/16/05
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Pawlikowski has made a gorgeously ambiguous film.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
06/16/05
Paula Nechak
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[Pawlikowski has] created a most provocative love story, about two people who will never forget each other, but not for anything like the reasons they initially imagine.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/16/05
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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For all its melodramatic excesses, My Summer remains highly watchable throughout.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/16/05
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Pawel Pawlikowski's lovely film tells a modest story. But it is a triumph of mood and implication.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/16/05
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Watching it, you're pulled in so completely that you begin to lose your bearings, too.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
06/16/05
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

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
 
 
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