Summertime
Strand Releasing | Release Date: July 22, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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12
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3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJul 21, 2016
Artfully calculated and authentically felt, the unexpectedly effective Summertime combines the conventional structure of classic movie romance with a sensual same-sex frankness that couldn't be more up-to-date. Read full review
90
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonJul 19, 2016
For all of its wise, welcome focus on the libidinal, Summertime additionally succeeds in presenting the liberationist fervor of the time without devolving into school-play pageantry. Read full review
83
The PlaylistChris EvangelistaJul 21, 2016
Unsentimentally romantic, there’s enough grace in Summertime to keep you enraptured. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 20, 2016
While a romance on its surface, Catherine Corsini‘s Summertime is really about freedom. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJul 21, 2016
This is a film about the struggle for sexual freedom and women’s rights, and also about the power of region, class and custom in the lives of its characters. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 19, 2016
Summertime celebrates the unique couple’s chemistry, allowing their smiles to convey the transformative effect they have on one another. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 22, 2016
The performances in the picture are all solid, but what makes Summertime really refreshing is that it doesn’t treat its central romance as anything but wholly normal, despite the attitude of other characters, or indeed, the tenor of the time in which it is set. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnJul 19, 2016
Summertime owes less to its plot development than the credibility of its performances among this trio of women as they present a fascinating set of conflicting perspectives. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterJul 19, 2016
The radiant, heartfelt performances from Izia Higelin and Cecile De France make you care about the final outcome even when you feel you know exactly where Summertime might be headed. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJul 19, 2016
The story’s anchored by strong performances from Belgian star Cecile de France (The Kid With a Bike, Hereafter) and French singer-turned-actress Izia Higelin (Mauvaise fille), who have a natural chemistry that’s not only credible but actually infectious. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJul 20, 2016
Everything onscreen still feels credible, but forbidden-love stories are as predictable as the changing of the seasons. Summertime had briefly seemed to promise something more mercurial. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJul 19, 2016
Catherine Corsini depicts feminists in lighthearted ways, at once humorously caricatured and sensitively human. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJul 19, 2016
The film can feel truncated, as if only a longer film or TV series could do proper justice to the details of the story. But it’s a sensitive and moving tale nonetheless. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 19, 2016
It is well acted, well shot, earnest and high-minded in its eroticism, but with a certain Mills-and-Boony-swoony-ness that creates something unsubversive in the love affair itself. Read full review
40
CineVueMaximilian Von ThunJul 14, 2016
Despite a promising concept and strong production values, Summertime's poor execution makes it one to avoid. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithJul 27, 2016
Two dull people have a dull love affair in Summertime, a French drama that drags on like an August afternoon. Read full review
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