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Synopsis

Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Tom Courtenay star in this intensely emotional story of love's endurance in trying times.

Cast

  • Gemma Arterton
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Lucas Bond
  • Dixie Egerickx
  • Amanda Root
  • Jessica Gunning
  • David Horovitch
  • Tom Courtenay
  • Amanda Lawrence

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Verified Review

This is a movie about a lesbian relationship. I shouldn’t have to get halfway through the movie to find that out. So I’m putting it out there so other people know it up front. It was a nicely shot film and an interesting story. The main arc is about a child who is displaced by WWII and has to live with an eccentric hermit of a woman who doesn’t want him. There is a secondary storyline about the woman reminiscing about a gay lover from the past. Over the course of the film, the secondary storyline takes front-and-center stage. The film becomes all about the gay relationship. The film preaches about gay relationships and uses the child actor as a prop to not-so-subtly bash intolerant adults who don’t embrace their lifestyle. In the end, the writer makes sure to kill off the husband so the gay couple can live happily ever after. The ending is glib and trite and doesn’t honor the mood of the story.

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Metacritic

63
Jul 31, 2020

For what it is, Summerland is solidly made, but don’t expect anything extraordinary from the production.

Metacritic review by James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
50
Jul 30, 2020

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.

Metacritic review by Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
50
Jul 29, 2020

The main appeal of Summerland, a considerable one, is that it allows Gemma Arterton to hold the screen for a nearly unbroken 90 minutes. It showcases her in a variety of modes and moods and provide some huge acting moments that make us recognize that, somewhere along the line, Arterton has become a powerhouse.

Metacritic review by Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle