Rotten
"After" catalogs so many cliches 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.
Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
Overview
A haunting and powerful psychological thriller. Set in icy upstate New York in the winter of 2002, "After" is about the Valentinos, a middle class clan facing financial hardship--their family stone cutting business is slowly failing--and coping with the usual rivalries and resentments that affect all but their absent daughter, Samantha, who has recently escaped Rochester for a new life in lower Manhattan. At their center is matriarch Nora (Quinlan), whose cheerful exterior masks an emotional fragility of which the entire family is painfully aware and fiercely protective. But, their delicate balance is threatened by a carefully concealed secret that, once revealed, will change their lives forever.
Director and cast
- Pieter Gaspersz Director
- Kathleen Quinlan as Nora Valentino
- John Doman as Mitch Valentino
- Pablo Schreiber as Christian Valentino
- Sabrina Gennarino as Maxine Valentino
- Adam Scarimbolo as Nicky Valentino
- Diane Neal as Kat
- Darrin Dewitt Henson as Andy
- Bruno Gunn as Elliott
- Mandy Gonzalez as Molly Valentino
- Joseph Ferrante as Peter Kilborn
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Viewers ... are left with little to do but endure a lot of seemingly unprovoked family tensions while waiting for the inevitable revelation.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Rotten
[There's] a fairly far-fetched twist that feels out of place in this realism-based drama.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Fresh
A frequently absorbing miserablist family drama shot in appropriately chilly winter tones ...
Sherilyn Connelly, Village Voice
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