My Summer of Love

  • 15
  • Pawel Pawlikowski (2004)
  • UK
  • 82 min
My Summer of Love
Film Review
Reviewed By
4 out of 5

Director Pawel Pawlikowski follows up his Bafta-winning Last Resort with this bewitching evocation of holiday romance, set in the Yorkshire Dales. The fact that the two lovers are both teenage girls seems almost incidental as tomboyish local Mona (Natalie Press) falls for the posh and cultured Tamsin (Emily Blunt), who's home from boarding school. Tamsin plays the cello, rides a horse and intoxicates Mona, whose grim vision of the future runs like this: "Get married, to a right bastard, churn out loads of kids with mental problems and then wait for menopause ... or cancer." Throw in some languorous lolling in long grass, a daring dip in a hillside pool and the first of the summer wine, and you have the perfect hormonally charged adolescent romance. The always impressive Paddy Considine adds a touch of unpredictability as Mona's ex-con brother. Loosely based on Helen Cross's novel, this is a grown-up film about coming of age and the passing of time that will probably make even the most jaded viewer come over all wistful.

Plot Summary

Coming-of-age drama starring Natalie Press, Emily Blunt and Paddy Considine. A working-class Yorkshire teenager falls for the well-heeled girl she meets during the school holidays, to the disgust of her zealous born-again brother.

Cast and crew

Cast

Mona
Natalie Press
Tamsin
Emily Blunt
Phil
Paddy Considine
Ricky
Dean Andrews
Ricky's wife
Michelle Byrne
Tamsin's father
Paul Antony-Barber
Tamsin's mother
Lynette Edwards
Sadie
Kathryn Summer

Crew

Director
Pawel Pawlikowski

Other Information

Language: 
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor: 
Content Film
Guidance: 
Contains swearing, violence, sex scenes and brief nudity.
Available on DVD
Released 22 Oct 2004
Certificate 15
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Categories
Drama

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