After Midnight
Avatar Films | Release Date: December 3, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York Daily NewsRobert Dominguez
Ferrario deft use of old silent-movie footage - especially Buster Keaton - makes After Midnight enchanting. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
An enchanting romantic comedy between two lost souls in the most unexpected of places. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Gorgeous high-definition digital photography adds to the rapture; the museum resembles a cavernous magic lantern with its seductive plays of light and shadow. Read full review
70
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
What makes After Midnight more than just another ménage à trois (in homage to Truffaut) is the way Ferrario, who also writes about movies, weaves the allure of early film into a contemporary story, shot with the latest high-definition technology. Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
A movie that longs for a return to a cinema that, rather than marketing, merchandise and corporate synergy, is about the mysteries that flicker to life after the lights go down. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
An Italian romantic comedy that's irresistibly set in Mole Antonelliana, the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Can be quite amusing and enjoyable to watch. Read full review
60
VarietyRussell Edwards
Ferrario has fun with antique footage and exhibits from the museum, but there's a lack of urgency or sufficient charm to engage. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
As a story, it never develops beyond the routine. Still, the aesthetic philosophizing works as a framework for daring visual experiments. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Diverting and often charming, but it never really holds together. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid Parkinson
A must for movie buffs, but too much of the charm resides in the clips and exhibits and those unaffected by the nostalgia will find the romantic triangle a touch too contrived. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The gorgeous Mole Antonelliana is the breakout star of Ferrario's fluffy valentine to the cinema. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Rich in lovingly assembled silent-film clips, as well as in intimate views of the magnificent Mole, this impassioned yet somewhat too precious fable from writer-director Davide Ferrario feels calculated to make a cineaste swoon, and yet . . . it never quite does. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It has a droll sensibility but is marred by dirge-like pacing and is seriously under-lighted -- so much so that it's all but impossible to get a good look at its principal setting. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
So taken with its own love of cinema, it forgets to lead you down the necessary dramaturgical path to make you fall in love, too. Read full review
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