Review of After Dark, My Sweet (1990) by David Ansen for Newsweek — 11 Aug 1991
As the drama circles their inaction, this trio of excellent performances fills the screen with a form of spiritual exhaustion, and the film slumps into noir’s typically happy-clappy comeuppance of failure, betrayal and ruin.
But the mood has caught on, and the film, stamped with a stunning visual emptiness, haunts the memory for long after its sour close.
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This review of After Dark, My Sweet (1990) was written by David Ansen and published by Newsweek on 11 Aug 1991.
After Dark, My Sweet has generally received positive reviews.
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