After Hours

Name: After Hours
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Released: September 13, 1985
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette

1985

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Geffen Company, The | Release Date: September 13, 1985 | R

Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette

Summary: A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare. (Warner Bros.)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Roger Ebert

After Hours is a brilliant film that is so original, so particular, that we are uncertain from moment to moment exactly how to respond to it. The style of the film creates, in us, the same feeling that the events in the film create in the hero. Interesting. Read full review

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Dave Kehr

Martin Scorsese transforms a debilitating convention of 80s comedy--absurd underreaction to increasingly bizarre and threatening situations--into a rich, wincingly funny metaphysical farce. A lonely computer programmer is lured from the workday security of midtown Manhattan to an expressionistic late-night SoHo by the vague promise of casual sex with a mysterious blond. Read full review

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Julie Salamon

This unpredictable and hilarious paranoid fantasy is a contemporary, urban "Wizard of Oz," peopled by punk artists and Yuppie vigilantes instead of wicked witches and Munchkins. [5 Sep 1985, p.1]

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A wickedly funny black comedy that follows the increasingly bizarre series of events that befall hapless word-processer Griffin Dunne after he ventures out of his apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and goes downtown in search of carnal pleasures. Read full review

Scott Tobias

After Hours is a caffeinated black comedy with an emphasis on speed. With a small crew and a tight shooting schedule, Scorsese transformed limited means into a staccato burst of creative energy, playing up the extreme paranoia and frustration of a data processor stranded in Soho. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

A peculiar, potent film. Read full review

Vincent Canby

After Hours is not, ultimately, a satisfying film, but it's often vigorously unsettling. Read full review

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Lambo442

Nov 22, 2013

This movie is both pure entertainment and an enigma that warrants being seen over and over again to start comprehending it's many layers. It's completely unique, thematically and in terms of it's feel in general, with haunting music that nests itself into your mind (can hear it now if I try)This movie is both pure entertainment and an enigma that warrants being seen over and over again to start comprehending it's many layers. It's completely unique, thematically and in terms of it's feel in general, with haunting music that nests itself into your mind (can hear it now if I try) and excellent camera work which always compliments the action and mood. My favorite Scorsese movie by far and one of my favorite films in general. The fact that it never gets dull is testament to it greatness. I also like the fact that it's all set in one evening, which really pulls you into the situation with the character and forces you to share his sense of helplessness. If you have seen this you need to,… Expand

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Jorgecop

Oct 22, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After Hours might be Martin Scorsese's richest film from the early 80's. Raging Bull has a more complex cinematic form but After Hours deals with male desire and destructiveness in a far more original way than Raging Bull. Its cringe humor is not only subversive for a Hollywood film but also Buñuelian in its representation of impotence and rage.… Expand

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MichaelD.

Apr 8, 2008

Brilliant black comedy that condenses one man's nightmarish evening into a series of bizarre encounters with the after hours crowd of Soho. While it might play on people's fears of urban life, much like the Out of Towners did in the 70's, it is more a commentary on the Brilliant black comedy that condenses one man's nightmarish evening into a series of bizarre encounters with the after hours crowd of Soho. While it might play on people's fears of urban life, much like the Out of Towners did in the 70's, it is more a commentary on the contrast between the button down, workaday life led by many New Yorkers and the late night, artsy subculture.… Expand

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SDFisme

Apr 6, 2021

Another one of Scorsese's masterpieces. It's one of those movies where how and where you watch the movie, influences how you interpret this movie. Scorsese's second attempt at nightmarish portrayal; after 'Taxi Driver'(1976) didn't quite work as was expected maybe because of a weaker script.Another one of Scorsese's masterpieces. It's one of those movies where how and where you watch the movie, influences how you interpret this movie. Scorsese's second attempt at nightmarish portrayal; after 'Taxi Driver'(1976) didn't quite work as was expected maybe because of a weaker script. However, the suspenseful nature, cinematography, the acting and the humor saved the film. Brilliant!… Expand

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NickTheCritick

Nov 4, 2021

This is my second favourite Scorsese's movie and a good example of what a comedy should be like. Simply (that doesn't mean easy), light, funny and entertaining. A comedy full of quality.

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Jaredc324

May 17, 2019

After Hours is one of those rare "types of movies," one that you turn on and just get lost in its viscosity. It's a relevant, strongly resonant and true series of strange events, escaping from the bore of the modern realm. Scorsese orchestrates a masterpiece that goes by you like a bird inAfter Hours is one of those rare "types of movies," one that you turn on and just get lost in its viscosity. It's a relevant, strongly resonant and true series of strange events, escaping from the bore of the modern realm. Scorsese orchestrates a masterpiece that goes by you like a bird in the night. It might not effect you like normal "masterful films" might do, but it leaves a much more effecting imprint and that is, you keep getting drawn back into it's psychotic lure, even if you're quite not sure why.… Expand

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Voodoo123

Aug 10, 2023

The decent cinematography and talented cast fail to excite under the flabby weight of the pretentious artists set free cocaine fuelled non sensical screenplay and plot. The pacing is all over the place and the 90 min runtime draaaags its heels. The character choices make little sense. AnThe decent cinematography and talented cast fail to excite under the flabby weight of the pretentious artists set free cocaine fuelled non sensical screenplay and plot. The pacing is all over the place and the 90 min runtime draaaags its heels. The character choices make little sense. An intriguing but ultimately empty ride.… Expand

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