Fresh
A perfectly diverting, perfectly forgettable summer fling.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
My Summer of Love
The most dangerous thing to want is more.
2005 · 1h 27m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Paweł Pawlikowski
Overview
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Turns out to be a triumph of unexpectedness in its slimmed-down story of two teenage girls, one middle-to-lower-class, and the other upper-class.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
My Summer of Love is one of those promising little gems that comes along and gets lost in the hype generated by Hollywood's flood of blockbusters.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Very good performances ...
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Pawlikowski doesn't spend much time explaining his characters or telling us why they do what they do, and that's exactly why they remain so compelling.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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