"Punctuating her film with MiniDV footage of the vacation (among which, a prolonged one directing at the television informs us Calum's pursuance of mindfulness despite his taedium vitae, also clarifies what Sophie perceives as his weird, slow ninja move is actually him playing tai chi) and a present-time rave party bursting with strobing lights where an adult Sophie (Rowlson-Hall) trying and then failing to connect with a phantom Calum, lost in the starburst, Wells juxtaposes the misalignment between memory and expectation to compose an infinitely touching ode to her father, and by extension, to all fathers, especially those younger ones who struggles to find their footing in the world."
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