Post by travisfickle on Oct 6, 2006 9:55:47 GMT -1
On Sunday night on BBC2 (10pm), that all too rare phenomenon...... a good British film.
Tells the story of the intense relationship between two girls who meet during the summer holidays, and features the film debut of Emily Blunt - the girl who's about to go huge in Hollywood on the back of The Devil Wears Prada. I was going to go into detail but can't be arsed so I've copied and pasted a review of it I did when I rented it online last year.
For those of you who despair about our film industry, and how it appears to rely merely on Richard Curtis, Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones and Full Monty (an awful film) ‘type’ clones, a degree of salvation is here.
Albeit very different in both subject and style, ‘My Summer of Love’ is worthy of being bracketed alongside the few true gems to emerge from this country over the last decade, ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Shaun of the Dead’ to name two.
Like those aforementioned films, “My Summer of Love’ has its own unique style, avoids cliché and should propel the careers of some of those involved to stardom. Both female leads; Natalie Press and Emily Blunt are exceptional in their first major roles, while Paddy Considine as the ‘reformed by Jesus’ ex-criminal continues to concrete his status as arguably Britain’s best newcomer of recent years.
The direction, complemented by a lush Goldfrapp soundtrack helps to create a truly idyllic picture of the Todmorden area of Yorkshire, a place I haven’t visited in years but now feel compelled to return to.
In many ways comparable to the excellent ‘Heavenly Creatures’, which did so much for the careers of Peter Jackson and Kate Winslet, this is another film which may come to be as warmly regarded in retrospect.
Only 85 minutes long, what have you got to lose??
Tells the story of the intense relationship between two girls who meet during the summer holidays, and features the film debut of Emily Blunt - the girl who's about to go huge in Hollywood on the back of The Devil Wears Prada. I was going to go into detail but can't be arsed so I've copied and pasted a review of it I did when I rented it online last year.
For those of you who despair about our film industry, and how it appears to rely merely on Richard Curtis, Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones and Full Monty (an awful film) ‘type’ clones, a degree of salvation is here.
Albeit very different in both subject and style, ‘My Summer of Love’ is worthy of being bracketed alongside the few true gems to emerge from this country over the last decade, ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Shaun of the Dead’ to name two.
Like those aforementioned films, “My Summer of Love’ has its own unique style, avoids cliché and should propel the careers of some of those involved to stardom. Both female leads; Natalie Press and Emily Blunt are exceptional in their first major roles, while Paddy Considine as the ‘reformed by Jesus’ ex-criminal continues to concrete his status as arguably Britain’s best newcomer of recent years.
The direction, complemented by a lush Goldfrapp soundtrack helps to create a truly idyllic picture of the Todmorden area of Yorkshire, a place I haven’t visited in years but now feel compelled to return to.
In many ways comparable to the excellent ‘Heavenly Creatures’, which did so much for the careers of Peter Jackson and Kate Winslet, this is another film which may come to be as warmly regarded in retrospect.
Only 85 minutes long, what have you got to lose??