‘Aftersun’ Review: Paul Mescal’s Charisma Powers a Summer Vacation Portrait That Isn’t as Sunny as It Seems

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‘Aftersun’ Review: Paul Mescal’s Charisma Powers a Summer Vacation Portrait That Isn’t as Sunny as It Seems
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There’s always an undertow of melancholy even to the most idyllic of summer vacations. Every blissed-out day that passes is another closer to it ending, and the shadow of normal life resuming…

— fresh from a BAFTA win for his breakout turn in TV’s “Normal People,” and here proving himself a compelling big-screen presence, probing an anxious, uneasy flipside to his casual, laddish charm.

That lends an additional urgency to the trip Calum has booked for them at a family-oriented Mediterranean resort populated almost entirely with braying, sunburned Brits: As a rare period of sustained father-daughter time, it’s a chance for both Calum and Sophie to prove themselves to each other, showing off their responsibilities and capabilities, respectively.

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