My Summer of Love
Focus Features | Release Date: June 17, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen 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. Read full review
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Superbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found in today's films. A summer movie to love. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Instantly captivating. Read full review
100
PremiereStaff (Not credited)
This is as wonderfully realized an observation of female affinity as 1999’s great "The Dreamlife of Angels." Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Pawlikowski has made a gorgeously ambiguous film -- based upon a novel by Helen Cross -- that is blessedly hard to tag; in fact, it's a compilation of genres and moods -- comedy, romance and diabolical thriller -- and that is its core strength and freshness. Read full review
90
NewsweekDavid Ansen
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. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Its stars, Emily Blunt and Natalie Press, are film newcomers who give startling performances. The photography is often breathtakingly original. Read full review
90
VarietyDerek Elley
Direction, performances and lensing blend into an immensely satisfying, if almost uncategorizable, whole in Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love. Read full review
90
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The film is a triumph of mood and implication. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Two teen girls forge an explosive connection in a compelling Pawel Pawlikowski film. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
So fraught with unresolved issues of class, sexuality, and spiritual need, and so carefully observed by Pawlikowski, that it opens out like the movie's West Yorkshire countryside. Read full review
90
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Nuanced, exquisite and predictable. Read full review
90
Dallas ObserverMelissa Levine
The result is a mood movie that sweeps you into its infatuation and holds you there. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An exquisite exploration into the realms of seduction, obsession, deception and disillusionment. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
My Summer of Love may sound like the title of a hot teen flick, but it is a truly refreshing grown-up big-screen film, a rare gem in this summer of duds. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
My Summer of Love, with its lush, sunlit landscapes, may occupy the opposite end of the visual spectrum, but it reinforces the sense that this director knows his way around the range of human emotion as well. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterRay 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. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
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. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Remains highly watchable throughout, for its atmosphere and the actors. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Far from earthshaking, but it's fun while it lasts. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Travels so deeply into the confusions of female adolescence that you'd never know this deceptively languid British film was directed by a Polish-born man. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This isn't a coming-of-age movie so much as a movie about being of an age. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneEllen Fox
It's all very mesmerizing, for them and us. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The movie is enchanting yet strangely menacing, and it becomes clear that Pawlikowski is no mere love fool. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Slowly evolves into an oddly affecting mood piece. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A bittersweet rite-of-passage story driven by the subtle performances of newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The film is emotionally and visually sustained, so it is pleasant. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
When compared with most of what passes for honest teen drama these days, My Summer of Love is a real reprieve. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
An intriguing, if meandering, escape from the summer blockbusters. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
At its most interesting, the movie offers us the sight of people desperately embracing faith in the hopes it will pull them through. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Pawlikowski's heart may be with Mona, but his art is closer to Tamsin. He luxuriates in his sensibility without delivering a movie that pays off in originality or insight. Read full review
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