
A tale of obsession and deception, and the struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible. The film charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloom one summer for two young women: Mona, behind a spiky exterior, hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life; Tamsin is well-educated, spoiled and cynical. Complete opposites, each is wary of the other's differences when they first meet, but this... (Full plot summary below)
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A tale of obsession and deception, and the struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible. The film charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloom one summer for two young women: Mona, behind a spiky exterior, hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life; Tamsin is well-educated, spoiled and cynical. Complete opposites, each is wary of the other's differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination, amusement and attraction. Adding volatility is Mona's older brother Phil, who has renounced his criminal past for religious fervor - which he tries to impose upon his sister. Mona, however, is experiencing her own rapture. "We must never be parted," Tamsin intones to Mona but can Mona completely trust her?
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| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Watching it, you're pulled in so completely that you begin to lose your bearings, too. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldRemember these names; remember this strange, lovely movie. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSuperbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found in today's films. A summer movie to love. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterA remarkable if brief entrance into real psychologies. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittWatching it, you're pulled in so completely that you begin to lose your bearings, too. |
| Dallas ObserverMelissa LevineThe result is a mood movie that sweeps you into its infatuation and holds you there. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSo 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. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranTwo teen girls forge an explosive connection in a compelling Pawel Pawlikowski film. |
| VarietyDerek ElleyDirection, performances and lensing blend into an immensely satisfying, if almost uncategorizable, whole in Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakPawlikowski 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. |