After
Aviron Pictures | Release Date: April 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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42
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeApr 12, 2019
The real problem with After is that it’s a lifeless slog of thinly written clichés, one that’s missing the charismatic spark of the actual One Direction boys. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 13, 2019
I feel confident that even if I were to be magically transformed into the target demographic, I would still find After to be a cliched, mediocre affair. Come back, "Twilight," all is forgiven. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersApr 12, 2019
The problems may lie in Todd’s novel, but regardless, characters act illogically, as though written by someone who napped through most of Intro to Psych and skipped English 101 altogether. Character motivations go either unwritten or left on the cutting room floor. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanApr 12, 2019
An innocuous teen pulp soap opera that flirts with “danger” but, in fact, keeps surprising you with how mild and safe and predictable it turns out to be. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 12, 2019
It’s a serious-minded first-real-love/first sexual experience coming-of-age drama which takes forever to make anything happen, and when it does (the “big reveal”), it’s so lame as to make you weigh your life up to this point, and what inspired you to waste 105 minutes on this drivel. Read full review
33
The Film StageJohn FinkApr 12, 2019
Beautifully shot in Instagram-filter inspired hues by Tom Betterton and Adam Silver, After is occasionally aesthetically pleasing. Yet the talented cast is burdened by a dead on arrival screenplay that waters down what could have been an intoxicating tale of first love had it divorced itself from its dull formula that no doubt was influenced by committee and the studio’s desire to create what they think teen and tween audiences will enjoy. Read full review
25
TheWrapRobert AbeleApr 12, 2019
One of the more plastic molds of troubled heartthrob storytelling in recent memory...is the kind of dispiriting effort that thinks it’s scratching an itch for masochistic young girls, but primarily suggests that romance, desire and sexuality aren’t worth genuinely exploring. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikApr 12, 2019
The performances are consistently monotone, and the dialogue is alternately treacly, in terms of romantic statements, and on-the-nose, in terms of giving Hardin a back story to explain his rebel act. Read full review
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