Aftermath
Lionsgate Premiere | Release Date: April 7, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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11
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
EmpireHamish MacbainMar 24, 2017
This is a film full of scenes that would be easy to overplay, but which Schwarzenegger tackles with understated perfection. Truly, this is quite unlike anything else he’s ever done, and brilliantly so. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoApr 9, 2017
Aftermath may not say much, but Arnold Schwarzenegger's reserved performance is a somber turn that keeps drama surprisingly in-tune. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 6, 2017
Aftermath can’t quite sustain its controlled tone, relying on operatic melodrama and limp plot twists as it concludes in an uneasy resolution. Read full review
60
Village VoiceApril WolfeApr 3, 2017
The story necessitates ceaseless sadness, which can grind, but for the most part Aftermath glides just above the wreckage with its leads’ performances. Lester, however, can’t resist throwing in some easy, cheesy symbolism to slop it up. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneApr 10, 2017
The first third of Aftermath is stripped to emotional basics (one man seized up with grief, another with guilt), and it delivers quite a jolt. Sadly, as the characters converge, the rest of the movie loses force; it slackens and then rushes, and the time frames feel out of joint. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsApr 7, 2017
The film's short-comings are especially upsetting since Schwarzenegger is actually rather good in the film, and proves once again that, despite a severely limited range, he knows how to brood. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 6, 2017
Unfortunately, he (Schwarzenegger)doesn’t quite have the chops to do full justice to the material, and his decades-long, popcorn movie image proves a further impediment. Despite the seriousness of his intentions, Aftermath doesn’t pack sufficient emotional punch. Read full review
50
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganApr 4, 2017
While Schwarzenegger is solid – almost literally, his face like granite and his movements stiff – and McNairy is completely committed in this tragic two-hander, Lester’s film is resolutely one-note. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 5, 2017
In fact, Aftermath only becomes interesting if considered as a dour subversion of the daughter-and-wife revenge scenarios of Schwarzenegger’s action movies — as star text, in other words. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 6, 2017
This is a two-dimensional piece of work. Read full review
40
Total FilmMatt GlasbyApr 6, 2017
Reducing promising material to movie-of-the-week status, Aftermath is well meaning, but anonymously made. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 6, 2017
Aftermath is one of those mopey coping-with-grief movies in which the characters grapple with intense emotions, while audiences feel nothing. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezApr 3, 2017
The film evokes nothing more strongly than a live-action adaptation of a Crate and Barrel catalog. Read full review
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