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Summerland
Directed by
Jessica Swale
PG
2020
1h 40m
Drama
,
War
,
and more
7.0
78%
73%
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During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.
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Cast of Summerland
Gemma Arterton
Alice
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Vera
Penelope Wilton
Older Alice
Tom Courtenay
Mr. Sullivan
Lucas Bond
Frank
Dixie Egerickx
Edie
Siân Phillips
Margaret Corey
Amanda Root
Mrs. Lawrence
Jessica Gunning
Mrs. Bassett
David Horovitch
Albert
Martina Laird
Older Vera
Amanda Lawrence
Muriel
David Ajao
Officer
Thomas Coombes
Air Raid Warden
Rakhee Thakrar
Mrs. Evans
Fergal McElherron
Mr. Kearney
Sally Scott
Miss Poskitt
Toby Osmond
Older Frank
Joshua Riley
Freddie
Nimmy March
Mrs. Darling
Aoibhine McFlynn
Cassie
Nina Beagley
Charity Girl
Eden Lawrence
Charity Boy
Dominic McGreevy
Boy 1
Harry Seymour
Boy 2
Casper Allpress
Boy 3
Inesaaiy Kabilan
Martha Evans
Daniel Eghan
Father of Evacuee (uncredited)
Summerland Reviews
indieWire
Kate Erbland
While much of what Swale has crafted here is familiar, the film's loving tone and Arterton's compelling performance recommend it, and the result is a warm drama never afraid of a little magic.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
The movie eventually finds its summerland, its happy place, its version of heaven. It will take you there, too, if you allow it.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
Arterton, Mbatha-Raw, and the child actors ... bring such commitment and integrity to their characterizations that one is inclined not just to hang in there but to root for them all.
Crooked Marquee
Kimber Myers
Despite its name (and July release date), Summerland is a film for cozy times, bundled up in a sweater with a honeyed mug of tea cupped in hands.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
It's the type of motion picture that gives me hope things are going to turn out all right, not just for the characters living inside this tale, but in the here and now for all of us as well.
812filmreviews
Robert Daniels
Swale's Summerland, through its uptempo editing and endearing characters, is a throwback to homespun historical narratives, and a quaint slice of heaven.
Autostraddle
Drew Gregory
If you're the kind of gay who is as tired of melancholy endings as you are tragic endings, then trust that you'll be very pleased.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
The British always seem to be able to find new, interesting stories on the Second World War. Miss Swale has found one here.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Christy Lemire
It a nice, charming, and beautiful respite.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Ms. Arterton gets to play a few scenes worthy of her art before the film turns into a milking machine designed to wring feelings from a link between past and present that, once again, amounts to a construct.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
A thumb to suck in troubled times, "Summerland" offers a digit of nostalgia that many viewers will latch onto with something approaching relief.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The main appeal of "Summerland," a considerable one, is that it allows Gemma Arterton to hold the screen for a nearly unbroken 90 minutes.
AV Club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
One of those sapfests that flatters our modern attitudes by introducing them to our primitive ancestors.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
"Summerland" is very pretty, and bursts with affection for its gently befuddled characters, but for all its eager charms, streaming like colored pennants from every turret, it's a castle in the air.
Slant Magazine
Jake Cole
Throughout, the film's characters exhibit little life outside of their moments of tragedy and symbolic connections.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"Summerland" briefly comes together, takes beguiling shape, and dissipates with the lingering scent of agreeable cliché.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A soft-centered pastoral drama that' stretches a suspension of disbelief beyond the breaking point and is never as tough-minded as you want it to be. Still, in these pandemic times, it's no crime to indulge in the cinematic equivalent of comfort food.
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
There is something undeniably moving about watching a hopeful and kind film like "Summerland" right now.
NME (New Musical Express)
Linda Marric
Swale does a fantastic job in subverting a potentially workaday narrative into something far more complex, and this is where her genius really lies.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
Summerland, while it's an original screenplay, has the feel of sentimental historical fiction, the kind of decorous novel that's a dime a dozen as Brit TV miniseries material.
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