Not all criticism was positive, however, with Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe", calling it "a conceit on a number of levels", and described it as "confused between an 'artistic' lesbian movie and "Heavenly Creatures"", which he declared to be "superior", while Steve Schneider of "Orlando Weekly" called it "slight and predictable at its core". The unfavorable comparison to "Heavenly Creatures" was echoed by Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews. Autostraddle listed the film as #19 in a ranking of the 102 Best Lesbian Movies of All Time. "My Summer of Love" was nominated for the British Independent Film Award at the 2004 British Independent Film Awards, the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2005 BAFTAs, the Best New British Feature award at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, the European Film Award at the 2005 European Film Awards, the ALFS award at the 2005 London Critics Circle Film Awards, and the 2005 Directors Guild Of Great Britain Awards. Out of these it won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTAs, the Directors Guild Of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in British Film, the Best New British Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and the ALFS award at the London Critics Circle Film Awards.