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Natalie Press,
Emily Blunt,
Paddy Considine,
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Paul Pawlikowski
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: Universal Studios
: Drama, Foreign, Gay & Lesbian, British Drama, Coming of Age , UK, Features
: 87 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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Two young women find love under difficult circumstances in this distinctive drama. Mona (Natalie Press) is a 16-year-old girl living in a small English town. There has never been much to do the neighborhood, and there's even less going on now that her older brother, Phil (Paddy Considine), who runs the local pub, has become a fanatical born-again Christian and is turning the tavern into a hall for prayer meetings. Tamsin (Emily Blunt) is another teenage girl who lives nearby; her mother is a successful actress who is usually away on projects, and her businessman father is too busy with his mistress to pay his daughter much attention. When Mona and Tamsin meet, they fall instantly in love and begin an erotic involvement. However, they soon discover that it isn't easy to keep their budding romance a secret in such a small town. My Summer of Love was enthusiastically received in its premiere screenings at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
October 8, 2005 - 5:05 PM PDT
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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Class differences course through MY SUMMER OF LOVE but seem to remain just below the surface of its characters' conscious minds (and, fortunately, the screenwriter's dialog). Well, it's British; what would you expect? Though critically acclaimed here and abroad (it won the BAFTA Best British Film award), the movie flopped theatrically in the U.S. but may find an audience on video--due to good performances and a compelling situation.
The characters are not particularly likeable, however, and while you may find yourself feeling sympathy for them from time to time, you'll also grow angry at their behavior more often than not--much of which is predictable. Still, all this beauty of place coupled to unpleasantness of person makes for a certain bleak irony. Is there anyone else out there who wonders why the writer/director Pawel Pawlikowski's earlier "Last Resort" (which garnered even better reviews) has never reached video in America? |
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