63
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasAt its best, The Summer of Sangaile captures the special intensity of those relationships in which everything seems to fade away save for the other person.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneWriter-director Alanté Kavaité's film is a string of softly weaved pictorial metaphors steeped in reverie.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAwash with ripe, voluptuous summertime imagery and brimming with aborning adolescent female sexuality, The Summer of Sangaile is an appealingly simple, poetically conceived teen coming-of-age tale.
- 70Village VoiceAbbey BenderVillage VoiceAbbey BenderLesbian coming-of-age tales can be sensationalistic and leering, but this film (directed by a woman, Alanté Kavaïté) casts a sensitive eye on the understated story of Sangaile (Julija Steponaityté), a shy, troubled girl who begins a relationship with the more ebullient Auste (Aisté Dirziuté).
- 60Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenDistractingly lovely to look at, the film can't make Sangaile's struggles or triumphs matter. Its soaring conclusion feels anticlimactic, the story drifting off into air.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisIt’s all very heady and voluptuous, but it’s also painfully superficial.
- 50RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comA young Lithuanian woman learns about the healing power of love in The Summer of Sangaile, a movie that ultimately is about as shallow as that central theme sounds.