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gridoon2018 "Boring" should not be the first word to pop into your mind when trying to describe a lesbian coming-of-age drama with a 21-year-old Emily Blunt as one of the leads, but sadly that is the case with "My Summer Of Love". It's not just that "Heavenly Creatures" did this sort of thing much better a decade earlier; I also saw another movie recently, "Trap For Cinderella" (2013), which also does a better job of presenting a similar relationship. The main problem may be that Natalie Press' character is not very appealing, while Emily Blunt's character is not exotic enough. Another problem is the director's occasional pseudo-cinema-veritè style, with amateurish-looking camera zoom-ins and -outs. There IS a surprise at the end, however, for those who stick with the movie. And Emily Blunt, in one of her first roles, is captivating; no offense to Natalie Press, who acts naturally enough, but you can see why Blunt became a big star and Press did not - there is a difference in their screen magnetism levels. ** out of 4.

watson-james-902-282983 In some ways, it is very fitting that a story filled with very British themes on social class and teenage romance was adapted the Polish-born Paweł Pawlikowski, whose very European, artistic touch turns it into something of a work of art. I found myself drawn in particular to the focus on the beauty of the Yorkshire countryside and - something that Pawlikowski incorporates very well into his movie. There were segments of the movie which sees the two girls alone with each other in this beautiful landscape, effectively becoming equals to each other despite their vastly different backgrounds, and creating a certain bliss to the atmosphere that few other movies do so well. Pawlikowski's timings for these scenes couldn't be better - at the end for instance, when Tamsin's entire web of deceit has been revealed, she and Mona's last confrontation is in this very setting. Of further note, the characters themselves are irable. Their relationship, which follows Mona's breakup with her boyfriend, her brother's finding God, and Tamsin's suspension from school, is unique. Mona was vulnerable, and Tamsin needed someone to amuse her. Then they formed a relationship. And while Mona went into that relationship with her heart, Tamsin went in with her head, and there you get the ending that viewers now know and . In some ways, though, the ending did leave me a little dejected, to see Mona walking away from her attempt to kill Tamsin with so much confidence, even though she now no longer has her love, and has run away from her brother.

emily-583 My Summer of Love is what I love most in good cinema: A film about people and their emotions. Natalie Press is beautifully down to earth and the raw emotions she experiences during this film are so well portrayed. Emily Blunt plays her role to perfection, too, with a cold ion that is almost sociopathic.It's vignette of young love, of the ions, the joys and, of course, the dangers. It's also very real, especially thanks to Press's strong performance which is captivating to say the least.This is a lovely film. It's raw, real and ionate and whilst it's small in scope at first glance, it's more than enough to make this a very enjoyable film.

CountZero313 Shades of Heavenly Creatures in this unsettling drama from Poland's Pawel Pawlikowski. Working-class Mona, on a broken-down scooter, encounters upper-class Tamsin staring down at her from a horse. The mad, staring eye of the horse should fill Mona with foreboding; instead, she embarks on a summer of love with Tamsin that shimmers with magnetic attraction. Danger, however, feels never far away.Natalie Press as Mona reprises her outing in Wasp, a thrill-seeking member of the underclass, moving inexorably among fags, beer and back-seat sex in lay-byes. Given the chance to blossom, we see there is self-awareness and irony there, too. She also does a very creepy impersonation of someone possessed by the devil. She will discover, however, that possession by evil spirits is no laughing matter.Emily Blunt as Tasmin oozes decadence. Her tears and gnashing at a supposed infidelity by her father does not quite add up. Her fraud expands with some outrageous tales about Edith Piaf, and we feel she is testing the boundaries of Mona's gullibility. But Mona remains hooked. A shape-shifting seductress, there is a self-destructive element to Tasmin's machinations. She comes very close when exposing the religious fraud of Mona's brother Phil (a haunted Paddy Considine), who plummets from the high of raising his cross above their valley, to the low of succumbing to the temptations of the flesh.Set in an unknown valley in an undefined era, the film has an allegorical, other-worldliness to it. No TV, no radio, no mobile phones, no computers. Mona even rides an engine-less bike. Is this purgatory? The true state of the world is revealed to Mona only once she has decided to flee it, and that decision is cast in a new light.Production values never get above made-for-TV level, but My Summer of Love is both poetic and depraved, with characters you may just fall for.