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Film review

Aftersun 2022

Directed by Charlotte Wells101 minDrama

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

½Watched 25 January 2023
Didn’t love this as much as I thought I would, but it wasn’t a bad film, may have been over hyped for me a little. Some of the cinematography was very unique and stylistic and it worked quite well. Lots of memorable shots that I really liked. In particular the shot of the tv plugged into the camera. That shot lasted a while and I really liked it. The cinematography was probably my favourite aspect of the film.  I did really like the relationship between the father and daughter, but felt like I didn’t fully understand the film. I’ve looked into it a little now and there wasn’t much I didn’t understand, but I did find the ending kinda confusing. Feel like I just didn’t connect with the film as much as I thought I would, but there were definitely aspects of it I could really appreciate.  Not a bad film, but it didn’t impress me that much, I think my expectations were too high.  7.5/10 Feels like the kinda film that would have affected me a lot more if I had watched it at the cinema. Really disappointed I missed it which is why I put off watching it for so long.

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