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My Summer Of Love Reviews

2004

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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 emptiness of her daily life. Tamsin is well educated, cynical and spoiled, and, unlike Mona, incapable of love. At first Mona and .. Read more

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

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- 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.
- 34777
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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- - 39
  - 4
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 67667
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mark
  - London
  - 28 Jan 2005 at 14:00
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- - 0
  - 0
  Pure Magic
  
  Here's a film with a difference. Entertaining, gripping, humorous and with a good story line. Two girls who meet and befriend each other for a Summer.read more »
  
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- 1054432
- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 23 Oct 2011 at 18:20
- - 0
  - 0
  A love affair like the summer-pleasurable but brief
  
  Initially i got the impression this was going to be a somewhat cliched film but as time went by it got going and prooved to be very watchable.
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- 1010403
- - Drwatson
  - 17 reviews
  - Skegness
  - 27 Jun 2011 at 17:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Beautiful, enchanting and tragic
  
  Throughout the whole film I was taken to another place... its beautiful yet so incredibly sad and frustrating, It is defiantly worth a watch
  
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- 930600
- - saint7777
  - 8 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 10 Oct 2010 at 23:35
- - 1
  - 0
  Well acted out
  
  Two girls from different backgrounds meet one Summer, spend time together, fall in love, Summer ends.
  
  Decent story & well acted out by the two ... read more »
  
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- 919807
- - Bassman71
  - 426 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 01 Sep 2010 at 12:32
- - 4
  - 0
  My summer of silliness
  
  I guess this film belongs to the New Queer Cinema genre, with its tale of two young girls, played by Emily Blunt and Nathalie Press and their lesbian escapades ... read more »
  
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- 919420
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 30 Aug 2010 at 22:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Worth a watch
  
  Worth a watch, slow paced but reasonably good acting and emotion.
  
  Worth a renting, and the two ladies aren't bad to look at either.
  
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- 905719
- - a customer
  - London
  - 15 Jul 2010 at 18:00
- - 0
  - 0
  pritty good
  
  even though i know it doesnt have a great ending, or a brilliant storyline i still think it is a great film. all things considered, i should hate it, but i just... read more »
  
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- - amandathepanda
  - 3 reviews
  - scotland
  - 18 Jun 2010 at 18:27
- - 1
  - 0
  Refreshingly different
  
  I was very positively surprised by this film. I wasn't sure what to expect and found myself really engaged. I loved the two main characters and the '... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 18 Feb 2010 at 21:09
- - 0
  - 0
  'My Summer Of Love' (2004)
  
  we thought this film was brilliant a great story and kept us enthralled till the end
  
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- 858621
- - corbo37
  - 147 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 12:51
- - 0
  - 0
  Naff
  
  A naff film about nothing inparticular
  
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- 815645
- - Dean4hull
  - 84 reviews
  - Hull
  - 28 Sep 2009 at 22:10
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- - 39
  - 4
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 67667
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mark
  - London
  - 28 Jan 2005 at 14:00
- - 20
  - 3
  A True British Gem
  
  At last, a British film really worth talking about.
  
  For those of you who despair about our film industry, and how it appears to rely merely on ... read more »
  
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- 339205
- - Adam25
  - West Yorkshire
  - 28 Jun 2005 at 10:23
- - 17
  - 3
  Great British film with European feel
  
  A beautiful British film with a Polish director that would be one of my picks for the best films of 2004. Set in Yorkshire, Mona is a typical teenage '... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 12 Jul 2005 at 09:30
- - 16
  - 1
  Give this a go
  
  This could so easily have been pretentious nonsense, but thanks to assured direction and strong performances from Natalie Press and Emily Blunt and the ever ... read more »
  
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- - Thomps74
  - London
  - 14 Jul 2005 at 19:32
- - 15
  - 4
  Unmissable
  
  The story (literally) of a summer's infatuation between two teenage girls from the opposite ends of the social spectrum, mutual admiration and manipulation... read more »
  
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- 339544
- - gasman
  - City of York
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 22:47
- - 27
  - 24
  Watch for 3 Rising Stars of 2007
  
  One of the best British films of this century,extremely well made and photographed, (great northern summery locations), by director Pawloski- no typical Brit ... read more »
  
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- - QPR Olly
  - Shepherd's Bush, England
  - 27 Jul 2007 at 08:48
- - 11
  - 0
  A real surprise
  
  A very bleak and surprising film. I was expecting an up-beat coming-of-age, romantic film. I wasn't expecting this clever, but very dark story. That said, I... read more »
  
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- 354994
- - HeatherH
  - 71 reviews
  - Peterborough
  - 11 Dec 2005 at 17:41
- - 9
  - 1
  Great little film
  
  Superb direction, beautiful cinematography, passionate, meaningful characters, good story and I can't find a hammy moment! The characters are very well ... read more »
  
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- - Sten
  - London
  - 04 Jul 2005 at 23:21
- - 8
  - 1
  Great movie
  
  Good cinematography of West Yorkshire, a place normally represented in wet weather and few colours. The story reminded me of Heavenly Creatures in that it has ... read more »
  
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- 138091
- - a customer
  - England
  - 09 Aug 2005 at 13:04
- - 10
  - 7
  Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
  
  Perhaps it's the dearth of intelligent British films that makes this so invigorating. It's a rush - beautifully filmed, hazy, lazy, funny and sharp, an ... read more »
  
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- 352631
- - BrunoVincent
  - London
  - 18 Nov 2005 at 15:00

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Critics' reviews
- 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.
- 34777
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
- A remarkable film with outstanding performances
- 23680
- - Time Out
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- Easily, one of the best films of the year
- 23682
- - Uncut
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- An erotic rite of passage
- 23681
- - Total Film
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- Daring and very sexy...
- 23679
- - The Observer
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11

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