Review of After (2014) by Anna L — 15 Sep 2011

Good stuff, very sad, not good until the very end, then really good.

This review of After (2014) was written by Anna L on 15 Sep 2011.

After has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Robert V (203) on 09 Aug 2014

I liked this movie along with my friends who came out today to see it; it was worth the ride from Central Jersey…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Aug 2014

A frequently absorbing miserablist family drama shot in appropriately chilly winter tones…

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By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 03 Aug 2014

Throughout After, the filmmakers crank the trials of the film's Valentino family up to 11, sans irony or subversion…

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By Bill M (1,080) on 13 Aug 2014

Had any of the professional critics who gave Rotten reviews done the slightest bit of research into the personal story of the writer and director…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 06 Aug 2014

How often does a film come along that truly, deeply pisses you off…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 15 Aug 2014

American tragedy serves as underfed underpinning for rote theatrics in After, an unpersuasive ensemble drama that settles into a self-serious…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 06 Aug 2014

Viewers ... are left with little to do but endure a lot of seemingly unprovoked family tensions while waiting for the inevitable revelation…

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By Corgi P (24) on 19 Aug 2014

Awesome film for 1st time writer, director, producers. Lookoing forward to the next film. Going to see it again…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Film Racket (579) on 10 Nov 2014

Gaspersz embeds you with this family's struggles, and almost makes you care about what happens to them all in the end…

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By Martin Tsai (390) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Aug 2014

After catalogs so many clichés in the dysfunctional family at its center that the film could be taught in a screenwriting class as a lesson…

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