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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 21 May 2009

A sweet pearl of a French film, Summer Hours may work as a perfect antidote for those seeking refuge from the summer blockbuster season…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 20 May 2009

Berling, Binoche and Renier all play off each other effortlessly, and Summer Hours makes you feel comfortable spending time with their family, too…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 20 May 2009

It's a quiet but heartfelt film that has a lot to say about the allure of the past and the inevitability of change…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 17 May 2009

There is an exquisite, almost longing ebullience to Summer Hours that lasted long after I left the movie theater, many of its themes whipping…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 15 May 2009

Has exquisite cinematography and an initially intriguing plot, but that doesn't compensate for its bland and meandering screenplay that lacks…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 15 May 2009

Beautifully photographed by Eric Gautier who captures the joy of life's fleeting moments as if ready for one those new revolving image frames…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Movie City News (162) on 14 May 2009

One of my favorites of the year is this wonderful French family ensemble film…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 13 May 2009

A perfectly, magnificently sad film that dwells on the ravages of time while simultaneously celebrating rebirth…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 06 May 2009

A brilliantly acted and bittersweet Chekhovian drama about family, art, memory, globalization and impermanence…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 23 Apr 2009

Assayas presents a contemplative etude on the passage of time and the markings of material and spiritual loss…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Apr 2009

Carefully directed generational drama with deep emotional undercurrents…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 09 Apr 2009

This is a mature film by an accomplished director…

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By Julie Rigg (120) for MovieTime, ABC Radio National (314) on 02 Apr 2009

Summer Hours is a delicate, provocative film, and for those of us thinking about what we leave the next generation, a timely one…

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By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2009

A fractured, ultra-naturalistic and detached examination of the significance of memory and the value of objects, explored through the story…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Mar 2009

The cast is outstanding; the three siblings, played by Berling, Binoche and Renier, deliver an ensemble performance of great complexity, yet…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 17 Feb 2009

A quietly observed Chekhovian drama about the effects of globalization on a French family…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 04 Oct 2008

Assayas expresses the melancholy of childhood's ultimate end as well as globalization's reconfiguration of traditional notions of self, family…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Film4 (1,522) on 09 Jul 2008

Exploring the different facets of an extended family's inheritance, Olivier Assayas' film is beautifully observed and finely nuanced - but…

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