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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Charlotte O'Sullivan

Aftersun movie review: Paul Mescal’s turn as a struggling parent is astonishingly beautiful

Paul Mescal’s latest movie is a nightmare. I had my top-five-movies-of-the-year list all sorted. Now - boom! - I’ve had to start from scratch. Damn you, Mescal, for being the cornerstone of something so beautiful.

The Normal People star is baby-faced Scottish singleton, Calum, spending rare time with his 11 year-old daughter Sophie (Frankie Corio). It’s the 1990s and the sun-soaked Turkish resort where Calum and Sophie have gone for a holiday is cheap and cheerful. Despite this, Calum is worried about money, and frequently out of sorts.

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