After Earth

Name: After Earth
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Released: May 31, 2013
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Chris Geere, David Denman, Diego Klattenhoff, Glenn Morshower, Isabelle Fuhrman

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 31, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Chris Geere, David Denman, Diego Klattenhoff, Glenn Morshower, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jaden Smith, Kristofer Hivju, Sacha Dhawan, Sophie Okonedo, Will Smith, Zoë Kravitz

Summary: After crash landing on Earth 1,000 years after humanity escaped the planet, a father and son embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 5, 2013

After Earth is ultimately too thin of a story to support all of its grandiose embellishments, but so what? It's better to try to pack every moment with beauty and feeling than to shrug and smirk. The film takes the characters and their feelings seriously, and lets its actors give strong, simple performances. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

May 30, 2013

The movie takes off from a concept as basic as a videogame, and it sticks to that concept, without surprise. Read full review

The Playlist Gabe Toro

May 30, 2013

The film progresses to the point where it feels less like father and son, and more like a young boy listening to an inspirational audiobook. Read full review

Louis Black

May 29, 2013

The film is repetitive and not as suspenseful at it tries to be. Often gorgeous, sometimes fascinating, it is ultimately unwieldy and unsurprising. It fails as a Smith-family project. Jaden Smith, who was fine in "The Karate Kid," is flat here. Read full review

David Edelstein

Jun 3, 2013

Were Shyamalan and Smith deliberately invoking the terror — now omnipresent in urban African-American communities — of lethal asthma attacks in children? I’m not sure how I feel about something so real and so wrenching in the context of a Grade D (unfit for human habitation) sci-fi picture like After Earth. Read full review

James Berardinelli

May 31, 2013

The sad truth about After Earth is that not only is it difficult to find things it does well, but there are numerous examples of outright incompetence dotting the landscape. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

May 29, 2013

Summer 2013 has its first bomb, and sadly, it’s landed right on Will Smith. Read full review

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onetommo

Jun 16, 2013

Watched this film last night expecting to be disappointed. I was out voted by wife and kids(aged 17 13). I wanted to go for Man of steel after reading the reviews on this sight. Thankfully I was in for a I big surprise. What a great film exciting in parts, suspenseful in parts and funny inWatched this film last night expecting to be disappointed. I was out voted by wife and kids(aged 17 13). I wanted to go for Man of steel after reading the reviews on this sight. Thankfully I was in for a I big surprise. What a great film exciting in parts, suspenseful in parts and funny in parts. Well put together great special effects. A great choice for a family trip to the movies. Recommend to all.… Expand

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Tracyturner38

Jun 16, 2013

Despite my love for Shyamalan movies, I did not expect to like this movie based on the trailers. This movie provided everything a good scifi/action movie should, great special effects, a plausible and exciting plot, a few scary moments and decent (if not great) acting. Jaden Smith isDespite my love for Shyamalan movies, I did not expect to like this movie based on the trailers. This movie provided everything a good scifi/action movie should, great special effects, a plausible and exciting plot, a few scary moments and decent (if not great) acting. Jaden Smith is young and his acting is held up by his dad's but I didn't find it took much away from the movie. There won't be any Oscars here but this movie is great summer entertainment. I highly recommend it.… Expand

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vikesh2206

Nov 10, 2014

It has more flaws (uninteresting characters, slow pacing, small storyline, predictability) than strengths but After Earth is focused on its plot and offers enough visual thrills to qualify as a passable movie.

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CineAutoctono

Dec 25, 2015

M. Night Shyamalan stumbled again with the same stone, this time with " After Earth " in dispsicio , the plot was the only expectation that ended in disappointment and pure deception , this very bad script , and i repeat , "M. Night Shyamalan stumbled again with the same stone".

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I_love

Feb 7, 2019

Not as bad as people put it to be,,has some okay moments, but the acting was so bad, so many plot holes, and worthless scenes

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BB_Critic

Apr 29, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After Earth is directed by M. Night Shyamalan and stars Will Smith and his son, Jaden Smith. This movie is one of the dullest, slowest, boring, mind-numbingly stupid movies I have ever seen in my whole life, and I have seen a lot of crappy movies. The plot involves Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and Cypher Raige (Will Smith) who go to the remnants of Earth and are stranded there by their ship crashing, and by some god damn coincidence they are the only people on the ship that survived. Throughout the movie Kitai embarks on a journey through Earth while Cypher watches him, but stays behind due to a leg injury *cheers*. After Earth is one of the worst science-fiction films ever made, period. 1/10… Expand

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calhounite

Feb 1, 2014

Let's see. So the message is no there's no such thing as fear. Ok. think will take a dive in this tank of box jellyfish. Hey, that is an enlightening message since it means no more watching this crap...

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