The actors are great, the majority, but above all the two protagonists. The question is whether this is enough to keep the movie. I think it has several speeds and that is the worst thing I have. Many times in the summer time, it expands on descriptive planes, the exit and entrance, and then the end of the film tells the story of a couple, how he solves his life, how she is fed up and changes her life, And everything at full speed.If that marks very well as was the world at that time, although I have my doubts that the girls were like that, not even in Sweden.But I've put a five because although I do not like the film in the end but I think it's done in earnest and pretends to tell something, but it's boring me a lot.Spoiler: I think the best thing about the film after thinking a lot is the title. I thought because I would be serious and I understand that it is because after all I only spent that time with her.Although the plane when she dresses and is going to go and flirt and have fun is great. The rest of the movie, I do not like almost anything like it's shot. I do not usually like Ingmar Bergman rolling and this was not going to be less. Saving some loose plane I believe it rather because it wants to make general plans that by vision in front of the camera.

The Swedish film Sommaren med Monika was shown in the U.S. with the title Summer with Monika (1953). Ingmar Bergman directed it, and the film stars his muse Harriet Andersson as Monika. Lars Ekborg stars as Harry Lund. Both Monika and Harry have dead-end jobs in working class Stockholm. The young couple fall in love, quit their jobs, and leave in a boat for an isolated, idyllic setting. Their plans are unrealistic, and, in any case, the setting turns out to be not so idyllic for them. (Reality has a way of intruding, even when young people are in love.) It's at this point in the film that we get the famous nude scene during which Monika, filmed from the back, runs along the beach. (This was considered scandalous 50 years ago, but it would probably cause a PG-13 rating now.)It's at this point that the film takes an unexpected turn. Explaining what happens next would spoil the plot, so I won't go there. I'll just say that Harry and Monika have different trajectories as time passes. It's not a happy--or, for me--predictable plot element. This type of plot twist is one of the qualities that make Bergman the genius that we know him to be.This is definitely a film you'll want to view if you admire Bergman's work. It's not a movie for everyone, but my wife and I enjoyed it, and we were glad we had seen it. We watched it on the large screen at the wonderful Dryden Theatre at Eastman House in Rochester, NY. You might assume that the Swedish coastal landscape would call for a large screen, but, actually, this movie will work as well on a small screen. You don't go to see Summer with Monika for the scenery, even when the scenery includes Harriet Andersson's lovely body. You go to see it for a good preview of the great Bergman films that followed this one.

It is known to most erudite cinema viewers that Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's major films are synonymous with complex themes namely death, marriage, male/female relationships and religion. Summer with Monika is a minor albeit famous work in Bergman's filmography. It continues to be known due to its scenes of eroticism. This is one reason why for inveterate Bergman admirers this film might turn out to be a trifle. However, this argument does not mean to suggest that "Summer with Monika" would be viewed with indifference by new viewers making a foray into Bergmanian world of viewing things which make sense in life. These viewers would greatly appreciate the fact that Bergman chose to speak about difficult things in life through youngsters who experience various hardships in life. One gets to see how problems are further aggravated for a young boy and his girl friend due to troubles at their respective homes.Although the marriage of two youngsters might be construed as the prime focus of this film, Bergman goes beyond the plain depiction of marriage by showing that the real test of a couple's married life begins when they start to face problems in their lives.

It's Not So Badlands, as two lovers go on the run, or the river to be more precise for some summer lovin'. It's realistic and comments stupendously on society and is still relevant today. If you thought Juno was real word on teenage pregnancy check again. It's a genuinely affective romance, though hard to decipher if Monika is a total bitch or simply childish and naive. It certainly highlights the responsibilities that need to be taken and shows for once the man being the outstanding role model the child can look up to. An unplanned partner in crime to the recent Sherrybaby. It becomes slightly melodramatic towards the end but Bergman's pacing and visuals keep it together.