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Summer '04 (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 15

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Aug 1, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: At 40, Miriam exudes a serene beauty and a self-confidence as vast as the ocean next to her summer home. There are no taboos in the life she shares with her companion, André, and their 15-year-old... At 40, Miriam exudes a serene beauty and a self-confidence as vast as the ocean next to her summer home. There are no taboos in the life she shares with her companion, André, and their 15-year-old son, Nils. All is understanding and tolerance. If Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend, Livia, to spend vacation with them, it's not a problem. But when the sensual Livia has the nerve to flirt with Bill, an older man, Miriam decides to put an end to their dubious relationship. [More]

Starring: Martina Gedeck, Robert Seelinger, Peter Davor, Svea Lohde

Starring: Martina Gedeck, Robert Seelinger, Peter Davor, Svea Lohde, Lucas Kotaranin

Director: Stefan Krohmer

Director: Stefan Krohmer
Screenwriter: Daniel Nocke
Producer: Katrin Schlosser

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More in the nature of audience eavesdropping on some scandalous neighbors than gripping or meaningful storytelling, the film is wracked with superficial, amoral characters and petty, hand wringing sordid emotional preoccupations and obsessions.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
06/05/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

What better way to spend 97 minutes in November than trying to sort out romantic complications in shorts and sailboats?

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
11/16/07
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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If Krohmer and Knocke meticulously crafted the world Miriam inhabits, it is Gedeck's presence that makes it such a tangible mess -- which is meant as high praise indeed.

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10/30/07
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

Straight ahead in form but unnerving and unexpected in content.

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10/12/07
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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All I know is, I didn't buy it. It didn't scan. And I'm sorry it didn't, because Summer '04 offers much to admire and a few things to fear.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
09/07/07
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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Although intelligent and insightful, Summer '04 is also more than just a little bit dull.

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08/15/07
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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A well-crafted and deceptively leisurely film, with a heart of ice.

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08/02/07
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Alternating between polite probing and adolescent fidgeting once lust takes over, [actor Gedeck's] turn props up this intellectual potboiler even when it stumbles and falls.

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08/02/07
David Fear
Time Out New York

[A] warmly stirring romantic maelstrom of five multigenerational libidos let loose at a lakeside vacation site.

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08/01/07
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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The film unfolds with cold, Chabrolian detachment and quietly builds to a coolly satisfying denouement that leaves everyone involved -- including the audience -- second-guessing everything that's come before.

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08/01/07
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Summer ’04 is so plainly the product of meticulous forethought that the shooting script might have been etched on marble slabs.

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08/01/07
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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The resulting cinematic chimera isn't remarkably pretty, but it's pretty remarkable.

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08/01/07
Rex Roberts
Film Journal International

As twisted and steamy a psychological thriller as you could hope to find, provided you're not put off by the pedophilia coursing through this intriguing romantic roundelay.

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08/01/07
Kam Williams
EURWeb

This blunt and methodical chamber-piece thriller, filled with deceptively lazy afternoons, has the seductive and flinty heart of a Ruth Rendell novel.

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07/31/07
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

The actors rise to the challenge of Nocke's tricky, high-flown script, and Krohmer meets them there.

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07/31/07
Michelle Orange
Village Voice
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Summer '04 couldn't have come soon enough.

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07/29/07
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

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07/21/07
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Summer '04 more than confirms the promise of young Teuton helmer Stefan Krohmer.

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04/25/07
Derek Elley
Variety
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A rare thing: a successfully asymmetrical drama.

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09/23/06
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