Aftersun

"Visually beautiful movie with standout acting and directing (some cool and original shot choices) Just too slow and open ended for my liking. I appreciated it more once I researched it after "

"(This review contains minor spoilers that I feel are necessary to say.) This wasn't bad, I actually enjoyed the style of filming, thought the acting was very convincing and despite the slow, mellow take, I was quite engaged in the story. BUT, those strange flashes to the daughter as an adult watching her father dance? I'm not even sure what was happening there cause of the way the light was being done, but it didn't make sense to me as part of the story or didn't feel purposeful for it's timing in the movie. In general, any moment the daughter was shown as an adult didnt provide anything valuable to the story (not for me, maybe others did get something). So for me those moments made me confused as it had me wondering if I was watching the movie through the wrong lens. Also, the description (on Netflix) says that the adult daughter is remembering both imagined and real memories of a vacation with her father - I would not have understood that just from the movie. All in all, it was an entertaining film, but I over thought too much to rate it higher. 7/10🏍️"

"This hit me like a ton of bricks! Instantly made my cut for one of my favorites of all time. At its core, Aftersun is about all the details and intricacies of our parents’ lives that we’ll never be able to fully understand. It’s about looking back on our core memories with an adult lens and trying to make sense of them. What was going on inside my father’s head? Who was he, really? It’s the inverse of a coming-of-age story. Rather than a child growing into an adolescent and learning their place in the world , Aftersun is a grown woman’s reflection of her past and her relationship with her father."

"(2022) UK/US/Turkey/Philippines/Netherlands- English, Turkish, Spanish. Disappointing."

"This movie showed the quiet pain of a father that even though he truly loved his daughter, he was still trying to deal with the internal agony and pain of wanting to live. This was heartbreaking. "

"This film is gorgeous and the father-daughter chemistry on screen is so powerful and realistic it feels like I was peering into someone's real-life family vacation. "

"What a phenomenal film! A slow-burn that sticks with you in unexpected ways. A beautiful reminder to value and treasure moments with loved ones. Phenomenal performances and chemistry between Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio (an extremely well-deserved Oscar nomination for Paul). A perfect companion piece to the Brie Larson film ROOM. More people need to see this."

"This lost me a bit and is a tad slow-paced, but if you’re looking for an everyday, atmospheric slice-of-life study this one’s got you set. It specifically focuses in on the evolving relationship of a father and daughter over time 🏖🕰"

"going to be thinking about the under pressure scene in aftersun for a long time. it made me so sad i thought i was going to be physically ill. "

"I get it like I really do, but the abrupt splitting of the two leads didn't hit me as hard as it did others. 3 stars of overall like of the story but 5 stars to the acting ✨️ "