A haunting exploration of female sexuality and relationships with incredible early 2000s fashion.
My Summer of Love
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- United Kingdom
- 2005
- · 86m
Director
Paweł Pawlikowski
Cast
Natalie Press,
Emily Blunt,
Paddy Considine,
Dean Andrews,
Michelle Byrne,
Paul Antony-Barber
Genre
Drama,
Romance
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class Mona finds that she has more in common with the upper-class Tasmin than she first realizes. They spend the summer together, teaching, learning, and secret-keeping, in this moody and atmospheric drama.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Superbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found in today's films. A summer movie to love.
100
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Pawlikowski has made a romance that becomes a horror movie in which love, more than anything around it, is a delusionary fever to fear.
100
Premiere by Staff (Not Credited)
This is as wonderfully realized an observation of female affinity as 1999’s great "The Dreamlife of Angels."
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein
Instantly captivating.
91
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak
Pawlikowski has made a gorgeously ambiguous film -- based upon a novel by Helen Cross -- that is blessedly hard to tag; in fact, it's a compilation of genres and moods -- comedy, romance and diabolical thriller -- and that is its core strength and freshness.
90
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
The film is a triumph of mood and implication.
90
Variety by Derek Elley
Direction, performances and lensing blend into an immensely satisfying, if almost uncategorizable, whole in Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love.
90
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
Its stars, Emily Blunt and Natalie Press, are film newcomers who give startling performances. The photography is often breathtakingly original.
90
Newsweek by David Ansen
Press and Blunt are major discoveries: in this sly and wonderfully atmospheric gem, they conjure up the role-playing raptures of youth with perfect poetic pitch.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Two teen girls forge an explosive connection in a compelling Pawel Pawlikowski film.
80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Remains highly watchable throughout, for its atmosphere and the actors.
80
The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps
Pawlikowski's off-balance compositions and affection for odd close-ups suggest the influence of Wong Kar-Wai, but the film's low-key observational spirit owes as much to Mike Leigh.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett
Some of the metaphors are a bit too literal but the director largely succeeds with his story and the surprises are convincing. Best of all the film has a terrific sense of humor and the young actresses exploit it delightfully.
70
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Slowly evolves into an oddly affecting mood piece.
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