Andrew Scott plays a screenwriter who returns to his childhood home, where his parents are still alive, even though they died when he was a boy. His reckoning with them is over his struggles being gay. Back at his apartment, he enters into a relationship with a sexy neighbor (Paul Mescal). Their intimate moments add a different angle to the writer’s issues. With excellent actors like Scott and Mescal you can expect compelling performances. Round out the cast with Jamie Bell & Claire Foy, who are also excellent as the parents. Co-writer/director Andrew Haigh creates a quiet encounter that’s full of regret and tears with a few moments of happiness and reconciliation. It’s also deliberate in the quiet pacing. As such, it’s necessary to lean in to the relationships to appreciate the effect of loneliness and the fulfilling result of forgiveness. It’s a tender story with excellent actors playing venerable characters. 
(3.5 / 5)