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My Summer of Love
2006
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Positive Reviews
45
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.8
/5
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3.8
This isnt a coming of age movie so much as a movie about being of an age.
Rogerebert
2.5
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
4.5
Then theres Tamsin herself, a kind of rich boho, self dramatizing yet also remote.
4.5
When both experience shocking challenges to their newfound beliefs, theres hell to pay.
3.0
Erotically charged and steeped in class differences, My Summer of Love captures that sense of sultry summer ennui experienced by disgruntled teens con ..
4.0
Pawel Pawlikowskis lovely film tells a modest story. But it is a triumph of mood and implication.
The New York Times
4.0
The film reaches a point of high drama, for sure, but when Edith Piafs voice rises over the final minutes, the gothic climax curls into a wicked grin.
Paste Magazine
4.0
His soothing impressionistic cinematography falls somewhere between the work of David Gordon Green and Sofia Coppola.
Cinema Blend
3.8
Pawel Pawlikowski is helped by his young leads, who make a memorable impact in this unsettling romance.
Ny Daily News
4.5
The surprising finale to this macabre tale of yearning is just right and speaks volumes about the transitory emotions and desires of adolescence.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Intoxicating, even hypnotic...The steamy relationship between Mona and Tasmin has an almost tactile sultriness.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
This isnt a thriller per se its a character piece but it treads through adjacent territory.
ReelViews
3.2
Still, Pawlikowskis summertime gothic has its own merits when one isnt absorbed ticking off similarities.
3.1
Yet My Summer of Love occasionally feels just a little too thinly plotted to sustain the 84 minute running time, while the films conclusion isnt quite ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
Tamsin is intensely serious, saying, If you leave me Ill kill you.
Eric Ds Nider
4.5
Their romance seems alternately fluid and jaunty, as they explore one another and their own feelings.
Pop Matters
5.0
The animation is deft but the screenplay is stilted, the voice performances are unimaginative, and the whole project is surprisingly clumsy in its eff ..
Cs Monitor
4.4
Pawel Pawlikowskis open and poetic new film proves without a shadow of a doubt that his stunning Last Resort from 2000 was no fluke.
Internet Reviews
3.1
My Summer of Love remains stubbornly stalled between artistic lesbian hubba hubba and such tougher fare as Peter Jacksons superior Heavenly Creatures.
Boston
3.1
Not surprisingly for a project that relied so heavily on the actors input, the characters are complex and intricately drawn.
Star Tribune
4.4
Pawlikowski doesnt spend much time explaining his characters or telling us why they do what they do, and thats exactly why they remain so compelling.
Toronto Star
3.8
Mona doesnt have a mother, and in effect, doesnt have a brother either.
Emanuellevy
2.5
any time the film deals with religion, it slips from introspection into near caricature
Q Network
4.0
The stakes arent really as high this time around, but that doesnt make his heroines passion or Phils spiritual battle any less affecting.
Bbc
4.0
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 ..
Calendar Live
4.5
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Seattle Pi
4.5
With its fast editing and handheld camerawork, the film zips along lightly. Like a classic O Henry short story, it has a sting in the tail. But its ab ..
Standard
3.0
It doesnt help that two of the three main characters are obvious phonies, so you can only empathize with Mona.
3.1
The inexperienced young actresses give such unaffected performances that the film develops a voyeuristic quality as the relationship takes on the mome ..
Spliced Wire
4.5
Reinforces the sense that this director knows his way around the range of human emotion.
Oregon Live
3.5
coaxes brilliant performances from all three actors and keeps the audience nicely off balance in this bittersweet portrait.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.8
Ultimately, its more about mood than the story, but boy, this is one good mood.
E Online
0.5
To call this movie a lesbian love story, or a coming of age movie, would be unforgivably reductive.
La Weekly
4.5
Pawlikowski does such a great job of establishing a sense of youthful carelessness that were sucked into Monas summer adventure.
Kansas City
4.5
Though admirable, the film doesnt offer enough to fully hold your attention. (
The Stranger
4.5
In this sly and wonderfully atmospheric gem, Press and Blunt conjure up the role playing raptures of youth with perfect poetic pitch.
News Week
4.5
If this bold and lyrical movie has a flaw, its that it may leave some viewers wishing its compelling characters inhabited a less impressionistic and m ..
Film Comment
4.0
For what Pawlikowski has ultimately crafted is an ingenious, fresh variant on the quintessentially British theme of class.
One Room With A View
3.5
Its a perfect stylistic embodiment of the head over heels passion and enthusiasm Mona feels, and its emotionally engaging in a way that a slow boil co ..
Alternate Ending
3.5
As coming of age stories go, My Summer Of Love is far more provocative and mysterious than most.
Jam! Movies
3.8
While the movies young lovers happen to be female, this is not a story of forbidden fervor, but one that effectively captures the first flush of teena ..
Freep
4.0
conveys the desperation of a man whose redemption seems to be slipping away
Filmcritic.com
3.5
You get multi dimensional characters that are usually absent from summer movies.
TheMovieChicks.com
1.5
Pavlikovsky ends up falsifying everything his style was working so effectively to create, and only because he ultimately chose content over style.
Vulture
3.0
What begins as a boozy and desultory love affair winds down to a powerful and suspenseful finish.
Film Forward
4.0
Thoughtful, carefully crafted drama about youth and summer love in a small town is a great acting showcase for a talented cast.
Net Flix
3.5
Summer is a prime showcase for Emily Blunt and Nathalie Press, two actresses given a shot at the big time with this film, and they meet the challenge ..
Film Jerk
3.5
Coupled with...picturesque cinematography, Press and Blunts natural performances communicate a palpable sense of the summers heat and the hazy days of ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
4.2
Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film.
About Film
2.5
One of those depressing, angst and lust driven films the British do so well, or poorly, depending on your tolerance for this sort of thing.
Boston Herald
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