Aftermath
Menemsha Films | Release Date: November 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 14, 2013
Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller. Read full review
80
Time OutR. Kurt OsenlundOct 29, 2013
With its slow-burn pacing and horrifying reveals, Aftermath remains a deeply compelling puzzle. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 15, 2014
Although Pasikowski is heavy-handed in his filmmaking, sometimes in the extreme, Aftermath does show the danger inherent in this kind of groupthink. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 1, 2013
Aftermath's avoidance of Holocaust-film tropes lets the picture address weighty historical and moral issues while fitting into the genre shoes of a small-town thriller. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSam WeisbergOct 29, 2013
What gives Aftermath its peculiar strain of portent is Pasikowski's consistent suggestion of the futility of bold, desperate attempts to undo a wrong. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEla BittencourtOct 28, 2013
The film isn't so much about the moral atrophy of people who refuse to come to terms with their past as it is about cosmic karma passed from fathers to sons like an ancient curse. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 28, 2014
An uneven but consistently compelling film that, with its roots in the horrors of World War II, generated no small amount of controversy in its native Poland when it was released there in 2012. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanNov 1, 2013
What keeps the film so fascinating is how even its protagonists are greatly flawed. While certainly upsetting, Aftermath takes a look at the dangers inherent in an abundance of truth. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerNov 15, 2013
Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie ScheibNov 1, 2013
The idea of framing Holocaust atrocities in contemporary genre terms, although intriguing, is not without its perils, and the secret, when revealed, looms too large to fit within the plot’s parameters, creating strange disconnects between form and content. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 31, 2013
Delivers its Holocaust-related story with the clunking force of a blunt instrument slammed into the skull. Read full review
50
The DissolveNick SchagerOct 29, 2013
Pasikowski isn’t interested in actual characters or narrative nuance; rather, the prime concern here is censuring Polish anti-Semitism, which, no matter how righteous an aim, eventually comes at the expense of engaging storytelling. Read full review
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