Days of the Bagnold Summer

Name: Days of the Bagnold Summer
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: February 19, 2021
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Alice Lowe, Earl Cave, Elliot Speller-Gillott, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Gurlaine Kaur Garcha

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Altitude Films | Release Date: February 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alice Lowe, Earl Cave, Elliot Speller-Gillott, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Gurlaine Kaur Garcha, Lesley Harcourt, Monica Dolan, Nathanael Saleh, Ony Uhiara, Paul Bradley, Paul Michael Bradley, Rob Brydon, Tamsin Greig

Summary: A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.

Director: Simon Bird

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Michael Ordoña

Feb 17, 2021

Not much happens in the understated British comedy Days of the Bagnold Summer, and that’s rather the point. It’s a truthful and sometimes moving slice of life (and cake) elevated by vivid lead performances. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jun 4, 2020

Here’s a movie that tells us that the days of summer, like the boys of summer in Don Henley’s song, are going to get outlived by the love they inspire. It’s what happens in this thoroughly sweet-natured, charming and unassuming British film. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Mark Kermode

Jun 8, 2020

Interlocking vignettes swing from laugh-out-loud comedy to piercing melancholia, but at the centre of it all there is a genuine sense of rebirth and renewal – no mean feat for a small movie with a big heart and a surprisingly wide-ranging vision. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jun 5, 2020

Sometimes it just takes one actor to elevate a film from innocuous, take-it-or-leave it fare into something winningly tender – and if your first film’s needing that kind of lift-off, you could hardly do much better than Monica Dolan. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

Jun 5, 2020

If the film never completely coheres into a satisfying whole, Days Of The Bagnold Summer has a lot going for it: a nicely judged sense of character, an eye for detail and strong performances, especially from Dolan. It also suggests Simon Bird is a filmmaker worth watching. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Feb 18, 2021

Amiably anecdotal, the movie gets wry results from Dolan and other players, including Rob Brydon as a would-be ladies man and Tamsin Greig as a “hipper” mom than Sue. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tomris Laffly

Feb 19, 2021

Neither as sweet or profound as the fanciful American indies like Ghost World that clearly inspired it, nor all that insightful in its interpretation of a single mother’s universal struggles, Bagnold Summer is sadly a forgettable film, often too ironically close to being the kind of bore its central character Daniel’s accidental summer in the English suburbs threatens to be. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 22, 2021

I really quite enjoyed this film for how understated it is and the performance by Monica Dolan as the mother is really, really good. Its surprisingly thoughtful too, or I felt it was. There are some amusing scenes and a good cast including Rob Brydon and Tamsin Greig. It's not exactly a fastI really quite enjoyed this film for how understated it is and the performance by Monica Dolan as the mother is really, really good. Its surprisingly thoughtful too, or I felt it was. There are some amusing scenes and a good cast including Rob Brydon and Tamsin Greig. It's not exactly a fast paced film or a particularly dramatic film but its a nice film with a slight sense of teenage nostalgia about it and moreso a good dose of sentimentality but not overly cheesy - a real British teen film which is a good piece of social commentary on a single mum trying to look out for her teenage son which I'd happily recommend.… Expand

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