How I Ended This Summer
Film Movement | Release Date: February 4, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 1, 2011
Above all How I Ended This Summer is a merciless contemplation of the fragile human psyche under siege. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 3, 2011
Combines memorable images of the gorgeous, rugged wilderness, meticulous sound design that emphasizes the characters' isolation, a dash of dark wit and a dose of madness. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoFeb 24, 2011
What stays with the viewer is a sense of a man unraveling from his own mistakes and weaknesses. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoFeb 4, 2011
Sergei Puskepalis (Sergei) and Grigory Dobrygin (Pavel) give powerful performances, but the real star is Mother Nature. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 1, 2011
The movie's first hour happens to be its most absorbing. Director Alexei Popogrebsky sets up the quiet tensions between his two generationally divided characters like a chess match pocked with occasional power grabs. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick PinkertonFeb 1, 2011
Playing an ignoble protagonist, Dobrygin keeps his motives always quietly evident; later, lost in a fog painted red by an emergency flare, he's an abject vision of man in a hell of his own making. Read full review
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