From Deseret News archives:
My Summer of Love
Mona (Natalie Press) and Tamsin (Emily Blunt) are, at first glance, unlikely friends. When they meet at the beginning of the absorbing hothouse story "My Summer of Love," polished rich girl Tamsin is riding a horse not far from her family's Yorkshire-area estate. The lonely, lovely working-class Mona is on her moped, only it's not really a moped since she can't afford an engine. They speak for a few moments, then part ways.
But it's soon clear that these young women need each other because they have little else. Need is one of the many things on writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski's mind here in this intense mood piece. There's the obvious class differences between the two girls, as well as the way they both seem to be trying on various guises whether they're aware of it or not in the search that every adolescent makes toward establishing an identity.
Mona already has issues with God. Her brother (Paddy Considine), just out of prison, has become a born-again Christian and converted the family pub into a spiritual center. "I want my brother," she tells him. "He used to be real." Another character, another persona?
The brother's authenticity may well be an issue. He prowls along the edges of the girls' friendship, which quickly turns into a love affair that's less about sex (though there is that; Pawlikowski is not prudish) than about yearning and the desperate need to believe in something.
Pawlikowski's beautifully shot, sensual movie puts you at the heart of all of these strong emotions and secrets in this self-contained world where rapture and delusion are intertwined, and ambiguity is the name of the game. You won't forget these girls any time soon.
"My Summer of Love" is rated R for language, sexuality and drug use. Running time: 86 min.
Comments
Cast: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine
Find a Movie Theater
- Two American pilots die in Iraq 12:47 a.m.
- Murder suspect is vetran, avid skier 12:47 a.m.
- MLB: Zambrano's mom kidnapped 12:32 a.m.
- Lambert surprisingly tops news 12:25 a.m.
- Philadelphia transit strike ends 12:25 a.m.
- TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd 12:24 a.m.
- 12 high schools ready for 'The Turf' 12:17 a.m.
- RSL unfazed by conference final 12:17 a.m.
- Korver and Miles to be evaluated 12:17 a.m.
- Today on TV 12:13 a.m.
- Gay advocates trek to LDS office
216 - House passes health care bill
201 - Lobo suspended
173 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
151 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
129 - RSL rallies to advance
103 - Thousands protest health bill
102 - Provo company innovating engines
101 - Utes pound winless Lobos
89 - BYU cuts Women's Research Institute
88
STOP blaming the Democrats, BLAME THE REPUBLICANS FOR 8 YEARS DOING NOTHING...
The best way to break the law is to become someone who enforces the law.
It's a real shame so many folks have never gotten out and gotten to know the...
It's all talk... you do not have any evidence for your claims. You assume...
Maybe if you could bat .408 in the major leagues, you too would be paid a...
I prefer the “Wizard of Earthsea” quartet by Ursula Le Guin, an...
The bottom line question that no one can possibly answer is; what will be the...
It looks to me like special treatment.
Jazz will have a tough week, with what should be a easy win against the...
I am very excited for this game. As much as I want the Utes to win, it won't...





You can be the first to comment on this story.