Released 31 MARCH
ANTICIPATION.
A new film by The Fits’ Anna Rose Holmer, codirected by Saela Davis Go on then… 4
ENJOYMENT.
Watson’s (still) a national treasure, and Mescal’s no slouch either. 3
IN RETROSPECT.
All a bit mid and inconsequential in the end. Looks great though. 3
black sheep boy returns to the family nest and, the welcome if low-key follow-up to Homer’s feisty 2015 debut, . Said son, Brian, is played by man-of-the-moment and 2023 awards season darling, Paul Mescal, who slinks into the role of a dirty-rotten oyster farmer with a sideline in illegal salmon poaching, among other nefarious bits involving local songbird Sarah, played by Aisling Franciosi. While we’ve seen that Mescal can do impeccable sadboi in , here the sheen of good cheer comes with an undertow of independence and violence.
