Summerland - Reviews

...a pictorial delight from start to finish.

...there’s more substance, and subversion, here than meets the eye.

Seaside locations on the scenic Kentish coast, a period piece story set “during the war” and a stellar cast...

Smart coming-out and coming-of-age comedy.

A tale of love lost and found, told with wit and charm...

Swale’s intricate plotting obscures some of the film’s twists (...), but all credit to her direction and Arterton’s grounded performance for selling them and keeping them from slipping into pure soap

... is full of charm, and it never compromises on its more moving, profound elements.

The film is a surprising gem that delivers a light-hearted compromise between fairy tales and war stories to posit that there could be a happy ending among the rubble.

Gemma Arterton is magnificent, as is Lucas Bond as her youthful charge, in Jessica Swale’s 1940-set debut film...

The main reason to see the film is for Arterton, who finally has found a film role that utilizes her talents and not just her physical gifts. She plays a woman who is bitter, cranky, driven, brilliant, and resentful...

Brittisk film har tack och lov numera en kader av duktiga barnskådespelare, bland annat Lucas Bond som spelar Frank, som gör att det gjuts lite liv i spelscenerna.

...er visuelt en lise med sine smagfulde farvevalg og store sugende blå himmelrum.

...et særdeles lunt bekendtskab fuld af brutal britisk humor og dygtige aktører, der får alt til at ligne en leg.

Gemma Arterton er det magnetisk tiltrækkende centrum for Jessica Swales herligt bitter-romantiske film...

...lätt att svepas med av en berättelse som är gripande och vacker, med en uttrycksfull Gemma Arterton i centrum.

...en charmerende film med en naturlig og glimtvis faretruende dialog...