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Summer Hours (2009) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Summer Hours (2009) a score of 3.0665 out of 4
based on (43) reviews
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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 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 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 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 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 3.60 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 3.56 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 St. Louis Post-Dispatch ()St. Louis Post-Dispatch ()
Click to read the article ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch ()
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 Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Click to read the article ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
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 3.33 out of 4 stars for Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf)Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf)
As brightly alive a movie as the season will offer. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
Assayas expresses the melancholy of childhood's ultimate end as well as globalization's reconfiguration of traditional notions of self, family and history. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
A quietly observed Chekhovian drama about the effects of globalization on a French family. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
A perfectly, magnificently sad film that dwells on the ravages of time while simultaneously celebrating rebirth. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
This is a movie that, for all its once-over-lightliness, stays with one. Given what it's about, and the intelligence of its makers, how could it not? ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
This exquisitely subtle family drama finds writer-director Olivier Assayas in a deeply contemplative mood. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movie City News (Michael Wilmington)Movie City News (Michael Wilmington)
One of my favorites of the year is this wonderful French family ensemble film ... ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Movie City News (Michael Wilmington)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Una serena y quizás dolorosa reflexión sobre el paso del tiempo, los vínculos familiares, los recuerdos y la inexorabilidad de la muerte. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
A brilliantly acted and bittersweet Chekhovian drama about family, art, memory, globalization and impermanence. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)
Maybe this beautiful film will be too slight for many, but it's certainly one of the better French films of the last year. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Sydney Morning Herald (Paul Byrnes)Sydney Morning Herald (Paul Byrnes)
This is a mature film by an accomplished director. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Sydney Morning Herald (Paul Byrnes)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (John P. McCarthy)Boxoffice Magazine (John P. McCarthy)
Assayas presents a contemplative etude on the passage of time and the markings of material and spiritual loss. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (John P. McCarthy)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The actors all find the correct notes. It is a French film, and so they are allowed to be adult and intelligent. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Thoughtful and evocative. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Anyone who discovers more to this movie than "much talk and little action" will develop a rapport with the characters. They are reflections of us, and therein lies their ability to compel attention. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Critic's Notebook (Robert Levin)Critic's Notebook (Robert Levin)
Introduces everyday characters, presents them with a set of everyday concerns and lends the decisions they make a gravitas that even they don't quite understand. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Critic's Notebook (Robert Levin)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
This bittersweet meditation on familial bonds, the passage of youth and the merits of tradition is deeply nuanced and strikes just the right emotional notes. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
It's all very civil and inexorable--unlike a stateside version; we know there will be no last-minute car wash or concert fundraiser to save the estate. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for ReviewExpress.com (Diana Saenger)ReviewExpress.com (Diana Saenger)
Beautifully photographed by Eric Gautier who captures the joy of life's fleeting moments as if ready for one those new revolving image frames. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at ReviewExpress.com (Diana Saenger)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.67 out of 4 stars for Time Out Sydney (Nick Dent)Time Out Sydney (Nick Dent)
A beautifully understated movie about family ties and the sadness and nostalgia that objects can evoke. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Time Out Sydney (Nick Dent)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)
The cast is outstanding; the three siblings, played by Berling, Binoche and Renier, deliver an ensemble performance of great complexity, yet with clearly defined characters. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
Carefully directed generational drama with deep emotional undercurrents. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for FILMINK (Australia) (Mark Demetrius)FILMINK (Australia) (Mark Demetrius)
Summer Hours meanders along as a restrained mood piece, and is quite good and moving in parts, but it's just plain flat in others. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at FILMINK (Australia) (Mark Demetrius)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
You won't find filmmaking more assured, commanding and evocative than that of Summer Hours in its opening scenes. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Screenwize (Simon Weaving)Screenwize (Simon Weaving)
A fractured, ultra-naturalistic and detached examination of the significance of memory and the value of objects, explored through the story of three siblings dealing with their mother's death ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Screenwize (Simon Weaving)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Age (Australia) (Philippa Hawker)The Age (Australia) (Philippa Hawker)
Summer Hours examines sentiment and attachment, but it is an unsentimental work, a film that lets some secrets remain undisturbed and does not insist on confrontation. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at The Age (Australia) (Philippa Hawker)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Even for a French drama, Summer Hours is so slow as to be practically still. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Sometimes a cute-stalker movie can win the audience's heart. Management only makes you ponder the line between true love and a restraining order. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Summer Hours (2009) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
While the ideas are worth considering, director Olivier Assayas moves the story at an escargot's pace, and the characters are gossamer thin. ...read the complete Summer Hours movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)

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Overall Rating:
2.7908
Summer Hours (2009) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
3.0665
Summer Hours (2009) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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