Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

"My Summer of Love" tells the story of a young girl with a newly-christian brother, who meets a strange rich girl one day and begins to fall in love with her. As they step over their former boundaries together, a bond begins to form that gets tested when some lies begin to come clearer.This is a typical coming-of-age drama, centered around some very different girls with not so different problems. At some points it tried a bit too hard to add drama and meaning but overall it has its moments. In the end it maybe is not so much a story of love than it is a story of power and abuse. Personally, I would have wished for some more powerful ups and downs, but nonetheless you can read a lot into it.All in all there are better films in this genre but there are also definitely worse. If you like more thoughtful films that don't necessarily involve a lot of action, this one could be just right for you.

First of all, this movie is about the power of youth and sensuality, beautifully disclosured alongside the story-line.Let's start by photography, which in my opinion is one of a kind. Beautiful takes, different closeups, taking us to the attention focus of characters. When it shows us the lips, the hair moving on the wind, it is as if character is paying close attention to it. Pure poetry.Storyline: Simple yet rich. I felt dragged into the chain of events, because of humanity implied into the movie: Fluidity is perfect. Other remarks: frustration leveraging desire, discovery, sensuality is a common ground amidst characters. It's my obligation to point out that frustration comes from different ways: Mona sees frustration in her family condition and lack of love, whereas Tamsin witness it on tedious overflow of family and resources. As a Schopenhauer fan, I believe happiness is just temporary, happening only during changing states. According to him, it is impossible to be happy constantly: it's like acceleration of a car. (in the opposite way, sadness is like a deceleration of a car). Real joy live in ponderation and good health. Characters are very different: Mona belongs to a middle-low class, disorganized family, her brother spent some time in jail and now is devoted to, what I would call, "over Christianity", she is so bored living almost alone. Despite of that, she loves to be sensitive and synestesic. Tamsin in the other hand is a typical maniqueist/spoiled girl. Her first clue to what is going to unfold later is the mention of Nietzsche - some people are supposed to be happy and other supposed to suffer. To her, nothing is unattainable. Beauty and money melt together on a irresistible girl. Sex, seduction, intelligence, power and control were employed to dissimulate the entire time. Fantasy is her allied as the same measure it was destructive to Mona. Reality was pretty much shocking to the latter, once truth will have been revealed.Some final impressions: This movie reminds me of some typical youth behaviors such as: 1) completely personal donation to a cause, in consequently; 2) How passion and innocence are much closer to us when we are young; 3) Power of feminine presence (which I think is one of four powers in this galaxy - curious ones can send me private message to hear about my four-power theory ruling the universe); 4) Constant needy state of masculine existence during adulthood; 5) How "everyday sex" is below expectancy for both men and women; 6) How both poorness and richness take us to a tedious mindset.Hope you have enjoyed the movie as much as I did. Best regards to all cinephiles friends, Scattolini

I have to preface by saying that I only got partway through it. The constant smoking was unnecessary. I got tired of looking at the girls smoke. I personally find smoking disgusting, so it ruined the movie for me. I kept hoping they would stop, but when they kept lighting up I gave up. That is really all I have to say about it, but since the minimum length of a review is 10 lines of text, I will continue. I also did not like the brother's religiosity. Religion is obsolete and I really wish that humanity would move beyond it. The scenery was nice to look at. It was well photographed. If you can tolerate smoking and religion, then you might like this. It was interesting to see the relationship between the girls develop because they are very similar in some ways and very different in other ways.

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 passion that is almost sociopathic.It's vignette of young love, of the passions, 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 passionate and whilst it's small in scope at first glance, it's more than enough to make this a very enjoyable film.