My Summer of Love
by Pawel Pawlikowski
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Actor: Dean Andrews (II), Emily Blunt, Michelle Byrne, Nathalie Press, Paddy ConsidineDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of My Summer of Love
Movie Review: Not worth 5 stars, but each to their own
Summary: 3 Stars
Personally, I thought My Summer Of Love was worth 4 stars, right up until the ending. The finale was a major let down for me, and as a result, it's only getting a 3 star review.
I picked this up, as it was in a cheap deal, and it had been on my wishlist for a while. It was cheap, and it sounded pretty good, so what is there to go wrong?
Set in a Yorkshire village, we observe two 16 year old girls, growing into their bodies and their sexuality and all that nonsense. Instantly, there are major differences between them - one is riding a horse, the other is riding a motorcycle without an engine. They always say opposites attract, and the two girls decide to hang out when they're bored.
Tamsin is the slightly upperclass one, kicked out of boarding school, with an accent, perfect figure, perfect hair, perfect skin etc. Portrayed brilliantly by Emily Blunt (a rising star if there ever was one), she portrays Tamsin with the right amount of manipulativeness to make the viewers still like her.
Mona is the quiet girl, who knows not a lot about fashion, lives with her ex-jailbird, now born again Christian, riding an engine-less motorcycle around town. She lives above a pub, but her brother has poured all the alcohol down the sink, and it's now a place of worship.
Their friendship moves from hanging out together because they're bored, to an almost sisterly companionship, to a proper full on relationship. But all the time you get the impression Tamsin's just stringing Mona along, until something better appears. There's lots of shots of the girls hanging out together, and discovering each other - in more ways than one, for the males, there's some topless shots.
Nathalie Press, who plays Mona, is the shining star in this movie. Although initially she reminded me of Sissy Spacek (her whole face structure is sharper though), she was amazing as the smitten kitten Mona. When her young heart was shattered into a million pieces, the audience feels along with her at the same time, and many a teenager will emphasise with her.
I thought the whole Christian subplot was slightly unnecessary, especially the re-enactment of the crucifixion, and although it's only in short sharp bursts, it still draws the viewers' attention away from the relationship developing on screen.
My Summer of Love is an excellent little film (and all I can say, is roll on summer), and although the ending was a major disappointment, I would watch it again, but perhaps skip the Christian bits. Not necessary. But the rest of the film is well worth seeing.
Summary of My Summer of Love
There's a tantalizing touch of irony in the title My Summer of Love, since this superbly-acted relationship drama reveals much more than love between its curiously fascinating characters. As directed by Polish-born Pawel Pawlikowski (a veteran of British TV documentaries whose previous film was the praiseworthy Last Resort), this unconventional love story is an engrossing exercise in mood and psychology, set in a bleak but invitingly sunlit village in Yorkshire. It's there that lonely, working-class teenager Mona (Nathalie Press) encounters rebellious rich-girl Tamsin (Emily Blunt), and their unlikely friendship grows intimate... but is it really love? Or is Tamsin (who was suspended from boarding school) merely indulging her clever penchant for emotional manipulation during a lazy summer of privilege? Mona's born-again Christian brother (Paddy Considine) factors into the film's languorous mood and complex emotional landscape; this is a film in which love and loss are inseparably intertwined, and motivations remain partially hidden, making it all the more powerful when guarded truths are revealed. In addition to being a compelling study of class distinctions, My Summer of Love includes scenes of anxious menace and some unexpected surprises, packing more into 84 minutes than most films manage in two hours or more. Pawlikowski was listed among "10 directors to watch" in a 2005 article in Variety, and My Summer of Love validates that acclaim. --Jeff ShannonDrama DVD Video
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