Aftersun

After watching this beautiful film and coming across a little note from the amazing storyteller Charlotte Wells: (I cannot share URL apparently so please search "A note from Charlotte Wells from the site of A24.") This was the word that broke me down. Hasret. I just couldn't resist my tears. As a Turkish person, its just both amazing and heartbreaking from the point of view of the director that this word resonates with her feelings from a place she had this holiday with her late father. That it stuck with her... Even though it is not the same case at all, I remember the times as a kid I closed the door on my dad because he would come home late from work. That because he would promise me to come home early. Now, today I can't even imagine how saddening it was for him at those times and it wasn't even at his hands. Hopefully I will be able to share my love and gratitude my parents as Charlotte did here with such elegance through some way. Since, it's not easy to recapture feeling this instant or in any... Thank you for this film all in all, it surely made me reconsider a lot recently...

This film paints a picture of a tortured soul with the most delicate brush strokes. Following father and daughter on a holiday abroad, this is a beautiful observation of a childhood holiday. At the same time, it's a masterful study of a man's daily struggle with his mental health. I read from the reviews that there are very divided opinions. Perhaps if you've never struggled with depression you will just see a slow paced movie about a dad and his daughter on holiday. But if you have, you might see this as one of the best films about depression that you're seen for ages. For a film about depression I found it strangely uplifting. I can think of no reason for that other than it's because it is so bloody good.

Oh, you want to put together an emotionally devastating portrait of a father-daughter relationship evolving with the passage of time? You want to appear all artsy and full of yourself while quietly sneaking in symbolism and dropping subtle hints that don't make sense until you put it all together? Gee, thanks a million. You must be so satisfied to have misled viewers into believing your movie was just a big waste of time and forcing us to pay attention to every little detail lest we miss the point entirely. Well for my part, I'm eternally grateful that I watched this movie at the exact time in my life when I've been reflecting on my relationship with my teenage daughter. It has been so inspiring to see just how much emotional wreckage a person can create for their child. Bravo, evil filmmaking jerks. You were able to capture on film of some of the intangible, amorphous emotions and experiences we can ever experience as humans. Whoopty-doo. I wish I could tell you what I really want to say on this movie review website, but I can't, because it would never be allowed. Suffice to say I will never forgive a single one of you for structuring the build-up of this story to appear so innocuous, making it seem like all those lingering shots and artsy film techniques were just for show with no substance to back it up. Go shuck some corn.