My Summer of Love

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My Summer of Love

R

Released Jun 17, 2005

1h 23m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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When upper-class Tamsin (Emily Blunt) meets working-class Mona (Natalie Press) they are immediately drawn to each other. Although coming from different worlds, the two find common ground in their dysfunctional family lives. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother (Paddy Considine), and Mona helps Tamsin spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, Tamsin and Mona see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.

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Critics Consensus

My Summer of Love is a moody, bittersweet love story featuring outstanding performances from the leads.

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Kristin M. Jones

Film Comment Magazine

Ryszard Lenczewski's superb cinematography effectively captures the rhythm of the girls' volatile interactions and growing obsession. His handheld camerawork has a quicksilver alertness.

Mar 20, 2018

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Sheila Johnston

London Evening Standard

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 it's above all about conjuring a sense of atmosphere and place.

Jan 10, 2018

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David Ansen

Newsweek

In this sly and wonderfully atmospheric gem, Press and Blunt conjure up the role-playing raptures of youth with perfect poetic pitch.

Nov 1, 2007

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Howard Feinstein

The Advocate

Anyone smitten with the obsessive love at the center of Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures will go bananas over My Summer of Love.

Apr 20, 2022

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

A spare, simple movie, but its simplicity is a great strength.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 15, 2020

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Paul Dale

The List

This is a rare, cogent, powerful, intelligent little film from a major cinematic talent.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 22, 2019

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PridePosterStudios

My psycho-lesbian-summer of…well, it’s not love, really, is it?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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elana k

unforgettable performances, empowering story and just so beautiful to watch!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Neil G

A lovely Story about a summer when 2 teenagers find love.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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wiebe b

It's been a while since I've seen it but I remember it being good, and it has a young Emily Blunt before she got famous.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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dave s

Mona (Natalie Press) is a young woman living in a small town with her born again brother (Paddy Considine), trying to come to terms with the death of her mother. Tamsin (Emily Blunt) is a student on summer break living at her family's estate, passing the time riding her horse and practicing the cello. From different worlds, they meet and kindle a relationship that extends beyond friendship. Director Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love is a stylish film about passion, deception, and the danger of religious fanaticism. The acting by the two young leads is excellent, Pawlikowski uses interesting camera angles throughout, and while the plot seems relatively straight-forward throughout, the story takes an unexpected and interesting turn in the final act.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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I loved this movie, up until the final 20 minutes or so. Loved the relationship that developed between the two young women, how loving and supportive they were of each other. Then it all went belly up. We learn that much of what we saw was not as it appeared to be, and a series of unsettling and horrific events brutally destroy the fantasy world that's been fabricated throughout the movie up to that point. The characters we learned to admire are revealed as something dramatically different than what we were shown. So yeah, I'm disappointed. I enjoyed most of the movie, but those last few moments ruined it for me. With a different ending, it could have gotten a five-star rating from me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Synopsis

When upper-class Tamsin (Emily Blunt) meets working-class Mona (Natalie Press) they are immediately drawn to each other. Although coming from different worlds, the two find common ground in their dysfunctional family lives. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother (Paddy Considine), and Mona helps Tamsin spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, Tamsin and Mona see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.

Director: Paul Pavlikovsky
Producer: Chris Collins, Tanya Seghatchian
Screenwriter: Paul Pavlikovsky, Helen Cross
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: BBC Films, UK Film Council
Rating: R (Sexuality|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 17, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $992.2K
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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