After
Paladin | Release Date: August 8, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAug 8, 2014
A handsomely mounted, largely watchable, and I suppose reasonably well-intentioned family drama with things to say about grief and loss and deception. It is also kind of irritating in is purposeful disingenuousness and determined challenges to plausibility. Your mileage may vary, as they say. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyAug 14, 2014
The final revelation of the big secret that haunts the family -- hinted at throughout the movie -- is more than a little maudlin, and the dedication feels like nothing so much as ass covering. Until then, After is a frequently absorbing miserablist family drama shot in appropriately chilly winter tones. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 8, 2014
Though clumsily enacted, the eventual revelation at least avoids the sick-punchline feel afflicting some dramas sharing this theme. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 7, 2014
After turns out to be working territory that, while emotionally fraught, has already been pretty thoroughly mined. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartAug 6, 2014
There’s a secret at play in After, which director Pieter Gaspersz communicates via many side-long glances. I won’t give it away, but it’s a fairly far-fetched twist that feels out of place in this realism-based drama. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiAug 14, 2014
After catalogs so many clichés in the dysfunctional family at its center that the film could be taught in a screenwriting class as a lesson in what not to do. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineWes GreeneAug 4, 2014
Throughout After, the filmmakers crank the trials of the film's Valentino family up to 11, sans irony or subversion. Read full review
10
The DissolveDavid EhrlichAug 6, 2014
After is essentially The Room of 9/11 movies, a position that was really best left unfilled. Its heart might be in the right place, but that gulf between pain and understanding has never been clearer, and might now be even wider than it was before. Read full review
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