Rent My Summer of Love (2004)

3.3 of 5 from 219 ratings
1h 23min
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Synopsis:
Mona (Natalie Press) has just got hold of a brilliant moped that only cost a tenner. No engine but still dirt-cheap. She lives with her brother, Phil (Paddy Considine) who used to run a pub before he found God and poured away all the booze. Tamsin (Emily Blunt) is rich, spoilt and trying to livea life of seductive decadence.They meet on the moors, above their quiet Yorkshire village and begin an intense, unlikely friendship.Tamsin and Mona want to escape their lives, but Phil wants to save them and save everybody else. Mona wants the old, dangerous, Phil back; the brother that she loved. Tamsin wants to see what it takes to break him...
Actors:
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Directors:
Writers:
Helen Cross, Pawel Pawlikowski
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Genres:
Drama, Lesbian & Gay
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Awards:

2005 BAFTA Best British Film

BBFC:
Release Date:
27/06/2005
Run Time:
83 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Interviews with the cast and director
  • Trailer
  • Interactive menus
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Reviews (6) of My Summer of Love

Two girls and no guy - My Summer of Love review by Kurtz

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01/10/2008

The story of an intense friendship between two teenage girls during a surprisingly sunny English summer in what looks like Yorkshire. Natalie Press is excellent as the downtrodden Mona who gets a glimpse of what life could hold beyond the valley she lives in, while Emily Blunt’s plummy stirrer seems more of a stretch at times but is always watchable as she’s the one with all the ideas.

Yes, it’s a sexual relationship, but the film is never salacious and these scenes are sensitively done by director Pawlikowski, who shows himself worthy of moving into Shane Meadows territory- no higher praise than that! Speaking of Meadows, solid support in this film from Paddy Considine as the unlikeliest born-again Christian you ever did see.

3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.

Romantic Drama - My Summer of Love review by JD

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06/08/2010

Poor girl seduced by rich girl for summer holiday of love. Not much of a plot and not much drama come to that. There is not much to recommend this film unless you like the idea of lesbian love in a rural Yorkshire village. I don't think it deserved to be best British Film which is why I was swayed to ordering it.

1 out of 4 members found this review helpful.

Well-crafted drama - My Summer of Love review by JJ

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11/10/2020

I am glad that I finally got around to seeing this again 15 or so years after catching it late on TV one night.

It's an unusual film for low budget British cinema of the period in that it takes itself seriously without pop cultural wise-cracking - it tries to find an emotional centre and authenticity at a time of life when the search for that is both very intense and very seductive, but equally also constantly evanescent & in flux.

I'd love to see a Blu ray transfer. The DVD conveyed the drama all right but didn't really do justice to the film's cinematographic qualities which were considerable.

1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

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