After Love
Artificial Eye | Release Date: August 9, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 8, 2017
Even when accounting for its forced and uncertain finale, this is the most poignant and perceptive thing that LaFosse has ever made, and therefore also the most painful. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenAug 31, 2017
Messy and ungovernable at its strongest, Lafosse’s film is a story of heartbreak and real estate and, not least, money, viewed from within the still-smoldering ruins. Read full review
80
Total FilmTom DawsonAug 8, 2017
Joachim Lafosse’s drama is an unsentimentally observed, credibly acted study of a marriage turned sour. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 8, 2017
In a remarkable performance that at times suggests a desperate animal with nothing to lose, Kahn conveys the fact that Boris’ attachment to Marie hasn’t yet run its course. Read full review
80
EmpireAndrew LowryAug 8, 2017
Unapologetically aimed at the arthouse crowd, this is superior filmmaking. Superbly acted and well written, it stakes its claim in the pantheon of love-gone-wrong watches. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 8, 2017
After Love is intelligent, compassionate, challenging film-making. Read full review
75
The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaAug 8, 2017
The meticulous script by Lafosse and his three co-writers prompts the viewer to parse each of their sentences for underlying meaning and backstory, maintaining a necessary level of ambiguity that constantly shifts the perception of who’s in the right and who’s to blame. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 31, 2017
Lafosse, along with actors Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn, infuse the film with a brutal honesty that makes it, if not exactly enjoyable, certainly compelling. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerAug 8, 2017
Even if the air fizzles out a bit during the denouement, the film still accomplishes what it set out to do, with both Kahn and Bejo aptly shouldering all the narrative weight until the final scene. Read full review
65
Paste MagazineDaniel SchindelAug 24, 2017
Despite these sharp moments, there’s a frustrating looseness to Lafosse’s narrative, feeling as though many of After Love’s scenes could be rearranged without changing the film’s flow. In turn, a slackness undercuts the tension the film is otherwise trying to build. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneAug 8, 2017
The film too often puts too much trust in dialogue, as Marie and Boris's predicament is sometimes perfectly conveyed by the actors' facial expressions and body language. Read full review
60
Village VoiceBilge EbiriAug 9, 2017
I walked away from After Love feeling like I knew precious little about these characters. Lafosse gets so many critical things right about this decaying relationship that, at first, I did not wonder too much about the lack of specificity or detail about them as people. But later, it gnawed at me. Read full review
50
Boston GlobePeter KeoughSep 13, 2017
After Love is like being stuck at a dinner with an unpleasant couple who won’t stop squabbling. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comVikram MurthiAug 10, 2017
Though undoubtedly a flawed enterprise, After Love is a formal wonder, due to the efforts of Lafosse, photographer Jean-François Hensgens, and production designer Olivier Radot. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 8, 2017
Not unlike an expensively tattooed panhandler, the couple elicit only a skeptical kind of sympathy. Read full review
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