Aftersun (2022)

This languid story of a moody, divorced Scotsman's Turkish vacation with his tween daughter kinda went over our heads, despite rave reviews, the Oscar nomination of Paul Mescal, and the adorable Frankie Corio as the girl. Her father Frank has a cameo but you couldn't prove it by me. Maybe we just weren't in the mood.

After three short films, Scottish director/writer Charlotte Wells makes her feature debut.

Oliver Coates's melancholy score is streaming on Apple Music and probably other platforms. Here's a list of songs.

If you decide to see it, wait until afterwards to read the following spoiler-filled explanations: spoiler-filled explanation #1 and spoiler-filled explanation #2. They did help after the fact.

Mescal made a splash starring in the Irish drama series Normal People on Hulu via the BBC and this is the debut of young Ms. Corio, a native of Scotland, who won the part over 800 other auditioners.

As noted, Rotten Tomatoes' critics are basking in this with an average of 95% while its audiences are throwing less shade than we are at 81. The movie has, as of this writing 57 wins and 157 nominations, so maybe you shouldn't heed my/our opinion.

Although we streamed it via our membership in the Independent feature Project (due to five of those nominations), it's now available for rent on all the usual sites.