Vastly overrated!
I had such high hopes for this film after seeing all the positive reviews from critics, and Paul Mescal's wonderful performance in Normal People, but what a disappointment!
There's no story, no exposition, no character development. We learn very little about Paul Mescal's character Calum's past, or the reason for his depression, and consequently we don't care about these characters.
The film is supposedly about an adult daughter looking back on a holiday she spent as an 11-year-old with her estranged father, but I don't know how you're supposed to know that. At first I thought the adult daughter was Calum's wife!
Frankie Corio as the young daughter Sophie is a talented actress - she has a bright future. And she and Paul Mescal have good chemistry together. But that's the best I can say about this film.
It's literally like looking at a stranger's holiday snaps for 90 minutes. Vastly overrated!
There's no story, no exposition, no character development. We learn very little about Paul Mescal's character Calum's past, or the reason for his depression, and consequently we don't care about these characters.
The film is supposedly about an adult daughter looking back on a holiday she spent as an 11-year-old with her estranged father, but I don't know how you're supposed to know that. At first I thought the adult daughter was Calum's wife!
Frankie Corio as the young daughter Sophie is a talented actress - she has a bright future. And she and Paul Mescal have good chemistry together. But that's the best I can say about this film.
It's literally like looking at a stranger's holiday snaps for 90 minutes. Vastly overrated!
- guymdb
- Mar 2, 2023