Aftersun - Reviews

Between the bright blues skies and the peachy-pink hues of sun-soaked skin, time allows for so much, that we can almost see moments becoming memories.

Rare and special is a film capable of summoning this much poignancy: a feeling which lingers well beyond the film’s final, achingly moving moments on screen.

...Aftersun announces the arrival of an artistic voice that moviegoers will be watching for many years to come.

...a quiet reflective look at the nature of father and daughter.

...it's a film that flourishes when attention is paid to details: a bruise, a rug, the hand that holds the camera that catches silly moments together.

...a beautiful performance from Normal People’s Paul Mescal.

The multi-level awareness is not in the dialogue, but it's there in the film's gentle rhythms, the editorial choices, the patience and sensitivity of Wells' approach.

...a voyage through time and memories, studying how we reflect and remember times past to try and reconcile where we are now, and those we have loved (and lost).

In its gentle, modest way, Aftersun might well break your heart.

Wells’s movie ripples and shimmers like a swimming pool of mystery: it reminded me of the young Lucrecia Martel, in the way Wells captures mood and moment, never labouring the point or forcing the pace.

This is an experience you won’t forget in a hurry.

Paul Mescal hits new heights in the best British movie this year.

Few movies have ever ended with a more tempting invitation to do something impossible, but “Aftersun” is so unforgettable because of the agonizing beauty it finds in the futile act of trying.

...this beautifully understated yet emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama picks apart themes of love and loss in a manner so dextrous as to seem almost accidental.