The Summer of Sangaile
Strand Releasing | Release Date: November 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyScott FoundasFeb 10, 2015
At its best, The Summer of Sangaile captures the special intensity of those relationships in which everything seems to fade away save for the other person. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneNov 16, 2015
Writer-director Alanté Kavaité's film is a string of softly weaved pictorial metaphors steeped in reverie. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAbbey BenderNov 17, 2015
Lesbian coming-of-age tales can be sensationalistic and leering, but this film (directed by a woman, Alanté Kavaïté) casts a sensitive eye on the understated story of Sangaile (Julija Steponaityté), a shy, troubled girl who begins a relationship with the more ebullient Auste (Aisté Dirziuté). Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJan 31, 2015
Awash with ripe, voluptuous summertime imagery and brimming with aborning adolescent female sexuality, The Summer of Sangaile is an appealingly simple, poetically conceived teen coming-of-age tale. Read full review
67
HitfixGregory EllwoodJan 31, 2015
The film's central conflict and Sangaile's arc's are, unfortunately, thin. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenDec 3, 2015
Distractingly lovely to look at, the film can't make Sangaile's struggles or triumphs matter. Its soaring conclusion feels anticlimactic, the story drifting off into air. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikNov 20, 2015
A young Lithuanian woman learns about the healing power of love in The Summer of Sangaile, a movie that ultimately is about as shallow as that central theme sounds. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 19, 2015
It’s all very heady and voluptuous, but it’s also painfully superficial. Read full review
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