It turned Lean from a subtle, very English director into an international film-maker working in broad strokes.
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11/06/07
Summertime (1955)
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Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 13
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Lean's lushly photographed classic about an old maid (Hepburn) who falls in love for the first time while visiting Venice. American tourist Jane Hudson's lack of romantic experience makes her... [More]
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin
Director: David Lean
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Reviews for Summertime
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The dialogue can be stagey and Venice is evoked at a tourist level, but it's beautifully photographed and Hepburn's loneliness and sadness look disquietingly real.
11/06/07
Touching, warm, often funny and lushly photographed.
11/06/07
The film stacks up as promising entertainment -- with some reservations.
11/06/07
Top CriticRomantic drama with Hepburn in good form.
12/23/06
David Lean's restrained direction, Katharine Hepburn's nuanced turn as a spinsterish middle-aged secretary, and above all Venice's alluring sights compensate considerably for a plot that's borderline banal and schmaltzy.
11/05/06
[Features] lovely performance from Hepburn at its centre.
06/24/06
No review available.
07/25/05
Being Lean's favourite of his films this is undoubtedly worthy of attention.
07/23/04
Thanks to Hepburn's performance we can feel how this woman's past romantic disappointments have made a passionate affair seem so simultaneously appealing and frightening.
06/22/04
Summertime was shot exclusively in Venice. And for those who have been to Venice, the film is a rare treasure;
01/08/04
As a coming-of-age story it remains touching. As a showcase for Katharine Hepburn, it is superb.
05/24/03
The challenge thus set of making Venice the moving force in propelling the play has been met by Mr. Lean as the director with magnificent feeling and skill.
05/20/03
Top CriticRecommended, with hesitations.
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