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My Summer Of Love Details

2004 Certificate 15
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  • 60
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Tamsin has money and always gets what she wants; Mona has just bought a cheap moped as a run around, but it came without an engine; Phil is Mona's brother who has become religious and is off the booze... Three people who come together in a village in Yorkshire and test each other's friendship. Read more

Starring Nathalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine
Director Pawel Pawlikowsky, Pawel Pawlikowski
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Romance

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My Summer Of Love

Tamsin has money and always gets what she wants; Mona has just bought a cheap moped as a run around, but it came without an engine; Phil is Mona's brother who has become religious and is off the booze... Three people who come together in a village in Yorkshire and test each other's friendship.

Starring Nathalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine
Director Pawel Pawlikowsky, Pawel Pawlikowski
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time DVD: 1 hr 13 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 Feisty Females
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Romance
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 27 Jun 2005
Production year: 2004
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of My Summer Of Love

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    This loose adaptation of Helen Cross's Yorkshire-set novel makes several astute contrasts between surface illusion and bitter reality. Ryszard Lenczewski's cinematography perfectly captures a balmy atmosphere of rural contentment, as working-class teenager Natalie Press falls for well-heeled Emily Blunt. The intensity of their relationship soon threatens to overwhelm them, and seems as fragile as Paddy Considine's fervent, prison-inspired dalliance with born-again Christianity. The naive optimism of the central characters is sensitively conveyed, but the assault on religion is heavy-handed, the dialogue occasionally ponderous and the plot resolution too melodramatic. Notwithstanding, co-writer/director Pawel Pawlikowski remains one of British cinema's brightest hopes.

    • Radio Times
  • 2 stars out of 4

    Despite an unconvincing ending, an insightful, bittersweet story of a brief love that captures the indolent delights of a hot spell and also illumines class attitudes.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 38 out of 42 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    hypnotic vision of young love and escapism

    Set in rural Yorkshire the story focuses on the impressionable Mona and her new found friendship with spoilt rich-kid Tamsin. As the summer progresses so does their relationship, Mona becoming drawn towards Tamsin?s bitter view of life and exacting schoolgirl revenge on the men in their lives. Their eventual progression to lovers is delicately handled and both newcomers Natalie Press & Emily Blunt are excellent in the lead roles. Paddy Considine also giving another edgy performance as Mona?s born-again Christian brother who has turned to God since his release from prison.

    Beautifully shot and despite the resemblance to Heavenly Creatures the end result is an hypnotic vision of young love and escapism. Although nothing particularly new and not as powerful as Pawel Pawlikowski?s previous film, Last Resort, this is well worth a watch.

      • Mark from London
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Enjoyable and interesting

    This film is well worth a look for several reasons.

    The story is about the intense and abrupt relationship that forms between Mona, a working class girl dealing with her ex-con, born again christian brother and Tamsin, a well off girl home from boarding school for the holidays. Generally the film is not about the relationship in terms of sexuality but about the intensity between two people in need of someone to love, understand and basically hang out with.

    Mona's brother's conversion to christianity is more of a sub plot than anything else... something to point fun at really.

    The acting is superb and having watched the interviews in the extras you realise that the realism portrayed is down to the director and the occassional improvisation and ofcourse the naturalness of the cast.

    You never really know what's going to happen or how the relationship will turn out and as a result I found the ending quite appropriate and realistic.

    Overall I thought this film was interesting, well acted and thoroughly enjoyable.

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15,375 Member ratings
  • 100
763
  • 90
1,020
  • 80
2,115
  • 70
2,420
  • 60
2,941
  • 50
2,015
  • 40
1,557
  • 30
1,127
  • 20
937
  • 10
480

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