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After Earth
U/A (INDIA)
2013
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Positive Reviews
26
Negative reviews
91
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2.0
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2.0
Its hard to blame Shyamalan for the downright embarrassing opening, a choppy mess of redundant exposition that seems to belong in a different movie.
Av Club
2.5
Then theres the problem of Jaden Smith; bereft of charisma or anything resembling acting talent, hes more liability than lead.
Av Club
2.0
The movie takes off from a concept as basic as a videogame, and it sticks to that concept, without surprise.
EW
3.0
The heartbreaking deaths of some animals and the super scary alien monster add emotional depth and thrills, but the action is punctuated with genuine ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
Festooned instead with special effects from CG animals (none as convincing as Pis tiger) to bits of CG volcanic ash hovering against charcoal CG skies ..
Variety
1.5
Its dull, and the missed opportunities are painful especially for sci fi lovers.The sole positive aspect is the few monsters we see, but theyre so spa ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
He doesnt bring any more force to the role than a persistence of action and a constant undercurrent of brooding.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Most disappointing is the films lack of ambition, as what could have been a sparky mainstream space opera becomes just another tedious jungle chase mo ..
Time Out
2.0
What undoes the film is its rather rancid parent child sentimentality (a Shyamalan staple, admittedly) and a charisma free performance from the younge ..
Time Out
0.1
The art of storytelling is both of distinct narrative interest and personal issue in the latest payload of calcified nonsense from one of modern cinem ..
1.3
The futuristic production design is blandly generic, the special effects, props and costumes cheap and slapdash looking.
2.5
There are menacing moments and the editing is taut but this stays in cliche territory; its nothing you havent seen before.
ETimes (TOI)
3.5
Ships that look like Stingrays move sinuously through space.The gradual icing of the landscape as nightfall approaches is done with a senseis subtlety ..
Vulture
2.5
The script hits its action beats competently as Kitai copes with marauding animals and dwindling supplies, and works best when the teen is in motion.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Often gorgeous, sometimes fascinating, it is ultimately unwieldy and unsurprising.
3.4
After Earth is completely watchable genre entertainment, but it would have been nice to have had more to recommend the film than simply announcing tha ..
IGN
3.0
Its not Shyamalans fault he did his best with what he was given. He deserves another shot.
E Film Critic
1.0
You know how watching most blockbusters these days is like watching somebody else playing a video game
E Film Critic
2.0
Its not a very good film, but it is also hard to see why the creed of its makers should automatically render it a worse one than, say, The Chronicles ..
Telegraph
4.0
In this age of incredible ones, most of After Earths seem inspired by the 1950s, one generation beyond tinfoil.
2.0
Shyamalan is a visionary and this is packed with cool science fiction ideas.
3.0
After Earth might be dismissed as too basic by savvy sci fi crowds, but it can be an exhilarating ride for young moviegoers interested in interplaneta ..
Cinema Blend
0.0
Jaden, meanwhile, has been directed to convey fear, an emotion that is the movies true villain, by jerking his head to and fro and crinkling his brow.
Ny Daily News
2.0
Its not as mind numbingly awful as THE LAST AIRBENDER or as unintentionally funny as THE HAPPENING.
JoBlo
2.0
For some viewers, the story will check enough boxes to be a worthwhile adventure drama, but plenty of moviegoers will easily be distracted by the film ..
Screen Rant
3.1
The set up: One thousand years after Earth was abandoned not even Tom Cruise stuck around all life forms on the planet have rather petulantly evolved ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Here the movie is strongest and simplest a briskly paced action adventure, with imaginative backgrounding by Shyamalans digital artists (tropical fern ..
Philly
3.1
So what if the soldier literally doesnt have a leg to stand on.We now know that the General is courageous and caring and worthy of our attention for t ..
Philly
2.0
But its in the tail section, which lies about a hundred kilometers away.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
And, most tellingly, theres Shyamalans principled refusal to subordinate his ideas to mere narrative logic.
Village Voice
1.9
Epic enunciation fail.The digitally augmented scenery is striking and a couple of the action beats work.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.3
The film fails not only as science fiction but as a drama and an adventure.
ReelViews
2.0
Now hes barely mentioned, yet After Earth retains the atmosphere and odd accentuation of a traditional Shyamalan effort, down to awkward pauses and fr ..
Blu Ray
4.0
M. Night Shyamalan is one of the few Hollywood genre directors with a sense of pacing and physical space; with this big budget sci fi adventure he mai ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
Become a fan on Facebook Follow on Twitter Review by Mark Dujsik | May 30, 2013 At some point in the future, Earth has become uninhabitable, or at lea ..
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
Though Signs will never claim to make Speed look like a slow ride to Grandmas house, it moves at exactly the right speed (no pun intended) that the ma ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
But in the end the thinness of the story is its greatest undoing, culminating in an anticlimax that is distinctly unsatisfying.
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
Your performance is leaden, and you are making my inexperienced ass carry this whole damned thing!
News Review
2.0
Tapping a down on his luck M Night Shyamalan (who has failed to live up to the early promise of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable) to direct was a decen ..
Radio Times
2.5
The problem is that Jaden Smith is a truly, deeply limited actor. When you call on him to do THIS much on screen, its not good. In fact, its painful. ..
Screen It
1.0
This latest is another solemn toned sci fi epic, set a thousand years after humanity has abandoned its first home.
Independent
1.3
The burden of carrying this dull, lifeless movie is just too much.And its hell on an audience.
Rolling Stone
3.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
2.0
Performances aside, After Earth is a fairly dreary affair, weighted down with grimness it never really earns and afflicted with sub par special effect ..
The Wrap
1.3
But dont forget to ingest your air purifiers!.Oh, no, the Earth is freezing!
News Day
3.0
But its impossible to take this movie seriously, certainly not as seriously as it takes itself.
Cs Monitor
1.3
Basically, this is Smith and his real life son, Jaden (both affecting ridiculous mid Atlantic accents) talking the audience to death for something lik ..
New York Post
2.0
After Earth is by no means the disaster that The Last Airbender was.Its just not very much fun to watch.
Film Journal International ..
3.0
The pacing is a bit sluggish, but the acting is fine, and the special effects are pretty good.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
What transpires is utterly predictable, a rote exercise in summer blockbuster action.
Az Central
1.5
As is characteristic of aspiring cinematic Top Guns, Kitai is academically brilliant and physically unsurpassed.
Npr
1.3
After Earth is a work of hubris magnified by multiple miscalculations, the kind of film that would cause Ed Wood to excuse himself and skulk to the ex ..
Star Tribune
1.9
And the only value in watching it is to see an expensive disaster slowly unfold.
Toronto Star
2.0
Little is expected now from the once fashionable director of such movies as The Sixth Sense and Signs, and this dystopian SF movie is his most convent ..
Guardian
1.0
A sci fi drama of such incredible boredom that your synapses will be turned to Bostik, featuring a triple whammy of abysmal acting, directing and stor ..
Guardian
2.0
Touching all these bases proves all too much and all too predictable.
Reel Talk Reviews
0.0
The computer generated special effects are jerky: easily the worst Ive seen in any recent blockbuster, and unforgivably amateurish.
Daily Mail
1.5
With a better director, and better performers, After Earth really could have been something great, instead of being much too serious, bereft of entert ..
Cinema Crazed
4.0
Im not sure whether Shyamalan intended this middle section to be a commentary on parental surveillance in the age of Facebook, but I can imagine how t ..
Slate
2.0
It takes itself far too seriously, wasting Wills natural charisma and easy going screen presence.
Flim List
2.0
Its a sci fi thriller, a father son relationship film, a coming of age story and creature feature all rolled into one confusing package.
0.5
.Beginning on a planet called Nova Prime, its a survival adventure, featuring a confused, fearful cadet, Kitai (Jaden), who accompanies his heroic Uni ..
Susang Ranger
1.0
This movie... is about nobodys pleasure or deep vision. It is, instead, about positioning two actors in the power structure of the film industry.
Movies
1.0
... the lame video game story line and nauseating narration of After Earth will certainly give you a queasy feeling that will make you grasp for an ai ..
Flim Threet
3.5
As drama, After Earth offers no surprises; as action, its rarely stimulating; as a parenting manual, it seems that Will has thrown Jaden into water th ..
New Yorker
2.0
I dont know what is more annoying: how feeble After Earth is, or the sense that superstar Will Smith is shoving his children down our throats.
Boston Herald
2.0
It is not laughably bad but it is a yawn, an earnest father son drama dressed up as a sci fi spectacular that delivers little excitement or surprise.
Express
3.1
Director and screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan has gone from being Mr. Twist, thanks to The Sixth Sense, to the most doggedly straightforward storytelle ..
Chicago Tribune
2.0
Youve seen other American films.There are some jolting hiccups in the films futurology.
The Irish Times
5.3
It may satisfy undemanding moviegoers but it wont add luster to anyones career.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.5
Indian) adopted by most of the cast in what seems like an ill advised effort to class up the production.
The Atlantic
2.0
The problem is that the film is chockful of cliches and stymied by production design and CG effects that look as if the worst of the Star Wars series ..
Standard
3.0
... the film offers some very knowing examples of the way both parents and children have to adjust their thinking over the course of their relationshi ..
Hit Fix
1.3
We live in an age where motion picture technology can create dazzlingly imaginative visuals.If a filmmaker can dream it up, an FX technician can put i ..
Aisle Seat
1.3
And all it manages to accomplish is making Cruises stultifying film look epic by comparison.
Nj
2.0
The plot is simplicity itself, and Jadens quirk free character and bland performance dont add anything.
Oregon Live
2.5
Its the kind of sugarcoated tripe that not only cheapens the sci fi genre as a whole, but also the reputations of everyone involved.
Movies Tv Guide
1.0
And the man with Hollywoods most vertiginous downward career path doesnt disappoint with a sci fi thriller guaranteed to wash up in all the Worst Film ..
Mirror
1.9
When a movie is entertaining enough, plot holes can be overlooked or forgiven, but with little else to hold your attention, its very easy to focus on ..
Three Movie Buffs
2.0
Kitai and Cypher must both find inner strength, but Shyamalan saps their energy.
Digital Spy
2.0
The twist to M. Night Shyamalans After Earth is that there is no twist, unless you count (all) personality being drained from Will Smith.
Tamp A Bay
2.0
Young Jaden is a stunning looking kid but lacks his fathers charisma, at least so far.
Abc
2.0
While After Earth is no Battlefield scale travesty, its all special effects and no substance means it makes Oblivion look like 2001 in comparison.
Flicks
1.9
*1/2 (out of four) For about a decade, every commercial for an M. Night Shyamalan movie heralded an exciting new vision.
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Its thrilling and adventuresome.I saw Krull when I was 9 and thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Screen Crush
2.0
Despite the odd moment he was generously Oscar nominated for his performances in Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness Will has never really moved on to be ..
Independent Ie
2.5
Is there any genuine excitement created, though, or any scenes worthy of leaving the viewer pushed to the edge of their seat
Dustin Put Man
1.0
It offers none of the wow factor weve come to expect from CG inspired speculative fiction and features a story so preposterous that it dares you not t ..
Film Racket
1.5
A sci fi adventure void of excitement and personality, After Earth takes an interesting idea and turns it into a meandering, plodding drip of a movie. ..
Matts Movie Reviews
3.0
If this makes the film sound like an exciting science fiction adventure, think again.
The Film Pie
3.0
And in fact, its a reasonably solid movie.Not great, but definitely not awful.
Io9 Gizmodo
2.0
After Earth Synopsis A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 y ..
Movie Web
1.5
And likewise, my geeky gadget side enjoyed much of the films technological advances especially a rangers greatest weapon: a morphing cutlass that can ..
Hollywood Chicago
1.0
The Smiths arent good and Shyamalans direction is leaden, but it all comes back to that awful, awful script.
Hollywood Chicago
2.5
Its not even particularly good, but for a mindless adventure film, you could do much worse at any given multiplex at any given time.Id prefer to live ..
Cinemix Tape
1.3
The story is clunky.The setup for the main tale is ineptly handled.
Mercury News
1.9
Despite the near rabid notices that have greeted the latest film by M. Night Shyamalan still the critical establishments favorite whipping boy After E ..
Bitly
2.0
Shyamalans film which doesnt feel like a Shyamalan film, for better or for worse does contain a worthwhile message about conquering ones fear and bein ..
No La
2.0
But isnt the whole point of Scientology to advance your Hollywood career
Metro
2.0
Man and Boy Despite a long recognised correlation between actors vanity projects and necrosis of the box office, there are still some Hollywood stars ..
The Ooh Tray
1.9
M. Night Shyamalan, presumably grateful for the job after a string of disastrous films, manages to keep the story moving.
Scifi Movie Page
2.5
Is After Earth the worst movie ever made.Maybe not; theres always Battlefield Earth to remind us how low the bar can go.
Wsj
1.5
However, too much set up in the story is a mess.Why did humanity leave earth 1000 years ago
Fat Guys At The Movies
1.5
Little do the unsuspecting viewers know that it is, in fact, a warning about the film itself, for one needs courage to sit through this post apocalypt ..
Rediff
2.5
But the film s execution is funny and charming, nailing the joy and confusion of being a teenage boy, with just the right dose of the sentimental to m ..
People
3.5
Theres an extended animated sequence where atop a high hill, Kitai is surrounded by helix swells of grackles and blackbirds, and the camera turns to r ..
New City Film
2.0
State of the art the new movies technology may be, but offering little innovative cinematic art.
Entertainment Time
2.0
After Earth doesnt manage to send you out of the world After an exodus from a polluted Earth to the planet Nova Prime, it was Cypher who defeated the ..
Daily Star
2.5
Visually impressive but sadly incredulous, After Earth is only redeemed by the performances of the Smith family.
Media Mikes
2.5
Its looking a little apocalyptic out there!.So it makes sense that futuristic dystopian movies are following on the heels of all these environmental a ..
Theepoch Times
2.5
How its able to navigate its surroundings is left to our imagination.
Toledo Blade
3.0
Director M Night Shyamalan tries his hand at the sci fi thriller in a survival romp that ropes in everything from chummy eagles to vicious aliens who ..
Sky
2.5
Even worse, it clutters up what could have been an exciting father son survival narrative with superfluous backstory and robs Shyamalan of precious sc ..
World Wng
3.5
Directed by Sir Twists A lot himself M. Night Shyamalan, the movie helps restore the directors tainted reputation by sprinkling in some quiet moments ..
Schmoes Know
1.9
Shyamalan elongates the drama long past its effectiveness, prompting us to gaze in wonder at the immaculate set design, which is a drapery fetishists ..
MLive.com
2.0
Ultimately, however, the film is an ill conceived and poorly executed star vehicle that doesnt possess the creativity or filmmaking prowess necessary ..
Hey U Guys
2.0
The heartwarming father son subtext is too clumsy and cliched to care about and the action part of this action movie is canned and listless.
The Diva Review
2.3
But weve come this far and havent said a single word about Shymalans direction.It is not awful.
Flixist
2.0
It also makes the few remaining attempts at pathos mawkish and strange.Its not a total loss.
Standard Net Au
1.5
Shyamalan is a director who long ago used up the currency of The Sixth Sense and has become the trade name for a certain kind of bloated, tone deaf fa ..
O Canada
1.0
Looking more like a flimsy, 1970s TV movie than a futuristic Avatar style epic, After Earth is a reminder of how much fun Arnold Schwarzeneggers Preda ..
Birmingham Mail
1.3
And theres no reason for you to waste your time and dime on this family affair.
Paloalto Online
2.0
Maybe hell grow into it, but theres no evidence of that here.As an M. Night Shyamalan movie, After Earth is far from the worst, but taken on its own m ..
Blogs Houston Press
1.5
It should not cast a shadow over the films drama, however unengaging that may be, but it unavoidably will for some.
Screen Space(Squarespace)
2.0
NEW YORK (AP) Without stretching, New York Giants offensive lineman Chad Wheeler folds his 6 foot 7, 317 pound frame over far enough to place his palm ..
The Monitor
2.5
Its not a good sign when the derivative movie is more imaginative.
Fox News
2.5
When a big climactic showdown with a bloodthirsty alien creature comes off as a chore to check off on a laundry list of story beats than an exhilarati ..
The Movie Report
2.5
It just is there.Its mostly boring and all of the action scenes need to be amped up.
Dc5
1.5
This coming of age tale could still appeal to kids old enough to handle the PG 13 violence; the adventures are colorful, and Shyamalan succeeds in sca ..
7 Dvt
2.5
Given that the film was intended as an intergalactic adventure featuring vivid computer generated animals, an immersive 3 D environment might have ind ..
Rss Feeds Usa Today
2.0
One tries not to get cranky about bad science in sci fi blockbusters, but this is a staggeringly dumb idea.
Events Austin 360
2.0
You can do it, but you miss the bigger picture.If youre looking for original sci fi thats thought out, dark in places, great to look at and sufficient ..
Topless Robot
2.0
Review Summary: While not the complete disaster that The Last Airbender was, After Earth unfortunately still finds M. Night Shyamalan plodding through ..
Chris Stuck Mann
1.0
M. Night Shyamalans malformed ode to father/son bonding in the year 3000 on an abandoned planet known as Earth is frighteningly bungled from the very ..
Culture Catch
4.4
Look beyond the flaws, however, and one uncovers a thrilling action movie that also has a lot to say about father son relationships.
Foresth Art Man
1.0
No, it wasnt that all the theaters started playing nothing but Shyamalan movies.
Monterey Herald
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