After Tiller
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistKatie WalshJul 25, 2013
After Tiller is not an important film just because of its political and cultural relevance, but because of its humane and compassionate approach to telling the stories of these doctors, their work and the women that they seek to help. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnJul 25, 2013
In constructing its gripping overview, After Tiller maintains a generally straightforward roundup of talking heads, but its unassuming construction gradually generates an authoritative voice. Only once the arguments have been plainly established does the emotion truly take hold. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenOct 3, 2013
Filmmakers Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, whose profiles in courage are sympathetic but not adulatory, have crafted an absorbing, thoughtful report. Read full review
90
VarietyAlissa SimonJul 25, 2013
Well contextualized and sensitively shot with extraordinary access, the pic reflects the personal, moral and ethical struggles of the doctors as well as their patients. Read full review
85
Film.comDavid EhrlichSep 24, 2013
The human imperative informs every aspect of After Tiller, resulting in an unexpectedly warm film. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 19, 2013
After Tiller is impressive because it honestly presents the views of supporters of legal abortion, and is thus a valuable contribution to a public argument that is unlikely to end anytime soon. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeJul 25, 2013
Whether one is pro-life, pro-choice or without an opinion on the issue, After Tiller provides personal insight into a heart-wrenching, complex reality. The film does not pretend to be an answer to the abortion controversy but rather a presentation of the people who are demonized, correctly or incorrectly, for their actions. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayOct 31, 2013
After Tiller does viewers the great service of providing light where there’s usually only heat, giving a human face and heart to what previously might have been an abstract issue or quickly scanned news item. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsOct 17, 2013
The ethical considerations of these physicians and their patients is the focus, not the pro-lifers and their death threats. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisOct 17, 2013
At the end of the day, though, thanks to the moral complications expressed by the abortion doctors and patients, this movie gives us more than enough room to help weigh these issues on our own terms. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartSep 30, 2013
After Tiller is groundbreaking in giving voice not only to the doctors, but to those who always seem to get overlooked in the high-volume political debate about this topic: the women themselves. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireSep 20, 2013
After Tiller takes the politically divisive, emotionally charged issue of late-term abortions and portrays it with grace, understatement and humanity. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSep 14, 2013
It gives a true sense of how the forces of a hypocritically religious country has burdened countless young women with a lifetime of misplaced guilt. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasSep 18, 2013
This is grave business, and After Tiller registers the weight of it. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 17, 2013
As a whole, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson's wrenching, humane film is as convincing a brief as I can imagine in favor of that most controversial of all pregnancy-terminating procedures. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesOct 9, 2013
The issue of late-term abortions tends to inspire polemics from both sides of the debate; Shane and Wilson’s approach – sensitive, measured, workmanlike – is a welcome one. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Dave McGinnOct 5, 2013
It’s humanizing and heartbreaking. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid ParkinsonJan 6, 2014
A laudably even-handed examination of a highly charged subject. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 17, 2013
This is not a choice made lightly by anyone involved, but the admirable, multilayered toughness of these sequences is unfortunately weakened by the filmmakers’ saccharine touch whenever they explore the doctors’ personal lives. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloSep 18, 2013
After Tiller is an hour and a half of folks on their best behavior, presented as a candid portrait. Read full review
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