90
Its stars, Emily Blunt and Natalie Press, are film newcomers who give startling performances. The photography is often breathtakingly original.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Dana Stevens
The film is a triumph of mood and implication.
90
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.
100
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.
90
Direction, performances and lensing blend into an immensely satisfying, if almost uncategorizable, whole in Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love.
80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Remains highly watchable throughout, for its atmosphere and the actors.
80
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.
70
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Slowly evolves into an oddly affecting mood piece.
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.
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.
A haunting exploration of female sexuality and relationships with incredible early 2000s fashion.