My Summer of Love
Dean Andrews, Emily Blunt, Kathryn Sumner
Two 16-year olds spending one long, hot English summer together in Yorkshire. Mona is a tough Northern lass whose spiky exterior hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the ...( read more
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Directed by: Dean Andrews, Emily Blunt, Kathryn Sumner, Lynette Edwards, Michelle Byrne, Nathalie Press, Paddy Considine, Paul Antony-Barber, Paul Pavlikovsky, Pawel Pawlikowski
Released: June 17, 2005
DVD Released: October 4, 2005
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April 14, 2009Superbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found today. Pawel Pawlikowski has crafted a moody and disturbing love story of manipulation and betrayal with a smattering of spare parts. To call this film a lesbian love story, or a coming-of-ag... ...( read more )
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April 5, 2008i really enjoyed this. some fine performances from the young actors. Captures the beauty and, sometimes, ruthlessness of youth.
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September 27, 2007Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski.Starring: Emily Blunt, Nathalie Press, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews.
Tamsin: 'If you leave me, I'll kill you.'
Mona: 'If you leave me, I'll kill you....and then I'll kill myself.'
Its a film I have come to admire, the... ...( read more ) -
September 20, 2007Good performances all round, particularly from Natalie Press, about a relationship between two girls who share the summer together and the differences between them.
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March 11, 2007My summer of love is one of those rare movies that doesn't have a lot happening coz it's focusing on the inside of the lead characters and let every small detail of their personality show on-screen. Although you might think that the movie has no story line and that it's boring bu... ...( read more )
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June 5, 2009I havent ever seen a film so passionate and cruel as this one. It's astounding that such a detailed film ike this is underrated.
The acting is so pure and real.
And even if you have a problem with Homosexual love [which i dont] you will totally pay no attention to the gender o... ...( read more )
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June 25, 2005
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
June 23, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
An exquisite exploration into the realms of seduction, obsession, deception and disillusionment. full review
June 17, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Remember these names; remember this strange, lovely movie. full review
June 17, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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
June 17, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This isn't a coming-of-age movie so much as a movie about being of an age. full review
June 16, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Sometimes predictable and cliched, occasionally even dull, but worth watching because of the performances of newcomers Natalie Press and Emily Blunt. full review
June 16, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Pawel Pawlikowski's lovely film tells a modest story. But it is a triumph of mood and implication. full review
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