What to know My Summer of Love is a moody, bittersweet love story featuring outstanding performances from the leads. Read critic reviews Rent/buy Rent/buy Rent/buy My Summer of Love Photos Movie Info When upper-class Tamsin Emily Blunt meets working-class Mona Natalie Press they are immediately drawn to each other. Although coming from different worlds, the two find common ground in their dysfunctional family lives. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother Paddy Considine, and Mona helps Tamsin spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, Tamsin and Mona see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters. Rating R SexualityLanguageSome Drug Use Genre Drama, Lgbtq+ Original Language English Director Paul Pavlikovsky Producer Chris Collins, Tanya Seghatchian Writer Paul Pavlikovsky, Helen Cross Release Date Theaters Jun 17, 2005 original Release Date Streaming Oct 4, 2005 Box Office Gross USA $ Runtime 1h 23m Distributor Focus Features Production Co BBC Films, UK Film Council Sound Mix Dolby SRD, Dolby SR Aspect Ratio Flat Cast & Crew News & Interviews for My Summer of Love Critic Reviews for My Summer of Love Audience Reviews for My Summer of Love Sep 03, 2014 Emily Blunt stars in the British coming-of-age drama My Summer of Love. Loosely inspired by the novel of the same name, a working class girl named Mona, who feels alienated by her brother's recent conversion to religion, befriends a rich girl named Tamsin who opens her up to art and culture. Blunt gives a strong performance, but her co-stars don't bring much to the table. Also, the script is rather unfocused, and doesn't seem to know where its going half the time especially given the final twist. My Summer of Love is a rather typical rich/poor relationship film, except that it lacks a point. Super Reviewer Mar 23, 2012 Well, im not 100% sure as to why this is a really liked movie, i didn't think there was very much too it, a compulsive liar, another one who is a bit rebellious fall in love, small town so cant keep it a secret so it doesnt last hence the title! I mean theres not a lot going on so i dont know why its such a big hit! Emily Blunt is great but i think her talents are wasted in this pointless gay interest drama! Super Reviewer Jan 27, 2012 Charming. Quite charming story of a sweet lesbian love affair. Super Reviewer Sep 11, 2011 Alienated by her brother's conversion to born-again Christianity, a young woman finds companionship and love with an equally abandoned upper class girl. The highlights of this film are the performances by the leads, Natalie Press, the always exceptional Emily Blunt, and the woefully under-used Paddy Constantine. Each actor is believable and gives a compelling performance. Though I'm partial to Constantine, who had the greatest challenge in making what could have been farcical real, Blunt and Press are both alluring and tortured. I did have problems with the film's story and direction. The story is so lackadaisical and slowly built that whatever energy the actors and the story's inherit conflict could engender was dissipated. Also, the camera randomly jump-zoomed on certain actors at rare times. I didn't understand the motivation for it - it seemed like a child had pressed a button he shouldn't have. Overall, when the film held my attention, it was because of the actors' work, but had the director picked up the pace, I think My Summer of Love would have been an excellent film. Super Reviewer