A Burning Hot Summer
IFC Films | Release Date: June 29, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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80
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 28, 2012
In A Burning Hot Summer (a pulpy title that sounds better in the original, "Un Été Brûlant), two men fall into friendship, and while little happens, everything is at stake. Read full review
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Time OutEric HynesJun 26, 2012
There are subtler, more allusive films about stormy conflicts of the heart, but A Burning Hot Summer wisely knows when and how to surgically slice directly to the bone. It's a bad romance of the highest order. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick SchagerJun 26, 2012
Although Angèle's religious faith and Frédéric's belief in luck seem like strained attempts at adding heft to the material, the film nevertheless works up a potent dramatic restlessness, derived from the push-pull between an entitled, obsessive Frédéric and Bellucci's quietly chaotic Angèle. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJul 11, 2012
A Burning Hot Summer failed to persuade me of any reason for its existence. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEla BittencourtJun 26, 2012
The Louis Garrel character's mixture of self-containment and alleged possessiveness over his wife fails to convince, if not to irritate. Read full review
38
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJun 29, 2012
It's apt that the Rome weather in this stodgy film, contrary to the title, seems quite temperate. Read full review
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