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Summer Hours (2009) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Summer Hours (2009) a score of 3.0665 out of 4
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Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieTime, ABC Radio National (Julie Rigg)MovieTime, ABC Radio National (Julie Rigg)
Summer Hours is a delicate, provocative film, and for those of us thinking about what we leave the next generation, a timely one. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at MovieTime, ABC Radio National (Julie Rigg)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
Bound up in this haunting, moving meditation on a family in transition are implicit questions about globalization and the relationship of art, life and culture, the past and the future. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
A sweet pearl of a French film, Summer Hours may work as a perfect antidote for those seeking refuge from the summer blockbuster season. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Summer Hours, director Olivier Assayas' tender, sun-kissed, Chekhovian drama, brims with life and loveliness even as it meditates on the loss of childhood. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Bittersweet, quietly poignant and emotionally resonant but without tears, it's a film about art that becomes a work of art itself. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
As delicate, even effervescent, as any story about the dissolution of family ties could possibly be. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Filmmakers rarely capture the passage of time as elegantly and powerfully as Assayas does here, and his achievement is all the more pleasurable because it's so unassuming. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
...an astute study of intra sibling relationships magnified by inheritance issues and the globalization of modern life. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Paste Magazine (Robert Davis)Paste Magazine (Robert Davis)
It's a lovely meditation on how objects carry history, reflect our decaying bones, and sometimes outlive us, and a nice change of pace for Olivier Assayas. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Paste Magazine (Robert Davis)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Lots of films are called haunting, Summer Hours truly is. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Summer Hours begins with an energetic treasure hunt. It ends reminding us how our lives are spent learning and unlearning what is to be treasured. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-Dispatch ()St. Louis Post-Dispatch ()

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Summer Hours (2009) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Summer Hours (2009) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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