The Aftermath
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: March 15, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
23
Negative:
7
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 3, 2019
The shifts in attitude Knightley and Skarsgård have to act out are abrupt and jarring enough to feel like perfunctory requirements of a melodramatic script. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMar 12, 2019
The film’s threads of personal loss and cultural friction are all but lost amid the tawdry romantic entanglements. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 21, 2019
There’s a ripping good story buried somewhere in The Aftermath, an intriguing but ultimately disappointing story. Read full review
37
TheWrapRobert AbeleFeb 18, 2019
Director James Kent’s adaptation of Rhidian Brook’s 2014 novel — about a ghost-like Germany, a broken British marriage, and the healing powers of a passionate thaw — has the unfortunate quality of a hot-blooded soap grafted onto rather than merged with a historical-political drama. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 15, 2019
Consumed by its own chilliness, The Aftermath is an emotionally constipated movie about emotional constipation. That may come off as a glib way to describe something that purports to explore the paralyzing nature of grief, but James Kent’s romantic historical drama falls so flat that any sense of tragedy is lost; it’s all surface, and stasis. Read full review
30
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 12, 2019
A stuffy, soggy slog of a movie that fails to generate sparks or a lick of dramatic sense. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMar 14, 2019
The drama is a crude blend of history and pulpy romance, with maudlin performances from the two leads. Read full review
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