This Film RUINED Me | Aftersun Review

[@dylanelliott9474]

The under pressure scene turned a brilliant movie into a masterpiece.

[@TheGh0stType]

I get chills just thinking about it. One of the best endings to a film ever.

[@alu161]

I think there never was a movie that had such an emotional impact on me like this one. I’m really excited about the films Charlotte Wells might bless us with in the future!

[@twinpeakso_o]

I watched this in january this year just over a year since my dad passed, i didn't know what it was about as i didn't look at anything before hand i just knew it has scottish characters and being from scotland i try to watch anything where we are involved with, while watching i was in love with it it's the type of movie that I'd say makes you realise how much you love movie's, but by the end i was destroyed and really think it was speaking to me and what i was and am going through right now it made me rethink everything i knew about my dad, as the movie's description says "she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't" it really hit deep and hasn't left my mind since.

[@TheGh0stType]

Beautifully said 👏

[@papawheelie1645]

@Ghosttype You had mentioned 'knowing the symbolism of the carpet' and I was curious to see what you thought the carpet symbolized. Given that throughout the movie it was made clear that he had very little money, I took the purchase of the carpet to represent his 'point of no return' where he decided for sure that he was going to kill himself (and wouldn't need they money any longer anyway). What did that rug mean to you? :)

[@stardustvideo]

I don't cry easily. Only this and the Korean movie Hope broke me. I'm still thinking about it after several months 😭

[@TheGh0stType]

I'm the opposite I cry easily lol but I don't remember the last time I sobbed to a film

[@pimpystronghand]

I saw this film a few weeks ago and it still brings me to tears just thinking about it. Absolutely masterful filmmaking

[@TheGh0stType]

I really want to revisit it. I still think about it to this day!

[@sammygogo1659]

It's like the sunburn scar that faded. But the memory it's so vivid that still tingling.

[@TheGh0stType]

Beautiful

[@AxTechs]

I saw this from the perspective of the daughter heavily, as i went through an experience that is somewhat similar. I didn't "get it" at first, but after I thought about it for a couple minutes, it felt like a punch in the gut. I don't want to watch this film again cause it hurts, but I will at some point, it's too perfectly made.

[@TheGh0stType]

I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you're doing okay ❤️ this is definitely worthy of a rewatch but at the same time is a very heavy and difficult watch.

[@jubas8273]

First minute: This is amazing! Something similar I said to the person to whom I recommend the film: "It worked on me with delayed ignition, only a dozen or so minutes after the end, when I understood emotionally what it was all about"

[@deathwitheponine]

Watched this film a few weeks ago completely blind (I’d just seen all of us strangers and thought Paul Mescal was brilliant in it so I picked an A24 film I’d never heard of to watch because who doesn’t trust A24, you know?). As a divorced parent who deals with depression and suic*dal ideation this film absolutely ruined me. It’s impossible not to see more of myself than is strictly healthy in Calum. In the space of about thirty minutes this film went from a slightly melancholic slice of life experience with strong but subtle performances from both Paul and Frankie to one of my top ten films. If this movie were a teddy bear I would clutch it to my chest every night before falling asleep. You are the first person I’ve seen acknowledge that Sophie is also struggling with depression - it seemed fairly obvious to me but then after watching some videos and not hearing it mentioned I thought maybe I was projecting my fear of passing on my own mental health struggles. I’m glad to find someone else who sees that. I can only hope that Paul Mescal’s rising star will bring more attention to this incredible film. Thanks for this video - I hope you have a lovely day.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

I didn’t actually cry until that last scene when he’s turning off the camcorder as his daughter is leaving. Masterful auteur. Honestly hard to believe this was a directorial debut (besides some short films).

[@Villainz]

Can't imagine how deep this film cut for you brother. Never heard of this movie but this was a great review. Definitely worth checking out by the sound of it.

[@TheGh0stType]

Definitely worth it, I recently watched The Whale and that one hit hard ngl two amazing yet very sad films

[@Villainz]

@@TheGh0stType Still need to watch the whale! Gotta see what finally got my guy Brendan his Oscar lol

[@TheGh0stType]

@@Villainz much deserved! I feel like the oscars nailed it this year 👌

[@KenoSNeal]

This film is truly something special. Thank you for your review. What are these songs that you used? They're such peaceful tunes.

[@TheGh0stType]

Thank you! I just used some free acoustic songs, I honestly can't remember what they're called I'm sorry 😅

[@KenoSNeal]

@@TheGh0stType no worries!

[@CaptainHowdy-mw9vc]

It's a very rare thing when a film can be so niche yet so broadly relatable at the same time. A modern classic.

[@micktorrans8123]

I watched it one night and was like "Beautiful film, so thoughtful". I watched it again the next week with my wife and fell apart in a heap.

[@mandymac74]

If you became a Paul Mescal fan after Normal People; then watch him in this movie. I am always prepared with a box of Kleenex. This movie wasn’t as sad to me as I expected it to be. But, by the end… I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. So glad I saw this film and I have a new appreciation for all parents who are struggling. Never give up. You must put one foot in front of the other and try, try, try.

[@bluenotebook489]

A wonderful movie And great chemistry between the characters

[@jquibbler]

I don't agree with your interpretation of Sophie sharing the mental illness of her father and that's why we're seeing the footage (why we're watching this movie) The clues are all there in the footage that Sophie couldn't know. She has no idea, for instance, that while she was out with her friends, kinda pissed at her dad for not singing with her, he is literally diving into a black ocean.. did something that f'd up his shoulder pretty badly (I think it's implied he self-harmed coming from the beginning of the film). Calum is unable to cope with basic life.. This is the last vacation - the last hoorah - that last really beautiful thing he can do for his daughter before his planned suicide. The postcard he means to send, all the books he's reading on how to stay calm and in the moment. He knows he's not going to win this fight and the vacation is a relief - like how someone who is given a month to live gets that moment of clarity and strength before the disease takes them over. " I hate there are parts where he lies about being there for her in the future (but you can understand a father wanting to comfort his child regardless) how he talks about how returning home with Sophie (their both from Glasgow) and how he can't do it and a number of reasons why (a. maybe because having chronic mental illness there in the 90s was career ending (it's not a great mental healthcare system today) or maybe he was gay.. a lot of people see those clues. I tend to agree with them. He talks about this one last moment where he and a friend might be going into business but you know he doesn't ever really believe it. He is also teaching her to fight because he won't be there. Getting her a rug that has so much meaning to him at the time that he cannont afford but he buys anyway. Because each rug is it's own story. So Sophie is a mother.. she's turning 31.. and she is reflecting back on this incredible moment with her father. After she got on that plane, that was the last time she ever saw her father. Reflection is thrown in your face in this movie.. literally we see triple reflections at points. I don't fear Sophie self-harming. I just think every now and again she's going to think back on her father and this one time they had just them before he left her. ANd everyone.

[@peakips]

love the way this vid is made, my favourite movie of all time.

[@TheGh0stType]

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate that 💙

[@smartwater598]

Why did mescal have child at such young age??

[@amyvandenberg7915]

I don’t believe she had a child.

[@TheGh0stType]

There's a point at the end of the film you can hear a baby crying in the other room

[@markippolito3620]

this film sounds aweful... thank you for the warning!

[@stevef4010]

It's not that great, honestly.

[@pierrerienier3214]

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