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After the Wedding
12A (UNITED KINGDOM)
2019
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Positive Reviews
76
Negative reviews
53
Average Rating
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2.0
Wait, wasnt this supposed to be a movie about crippling Third World poverty Bier and screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen dont completely abandon that fr ..
Av Club
3.0
If the scripts epiphanies dont feel quite as shocking or profound the second time around, its still pleasing to watch these beautiful, troubled people ..
EW
2.5
But the movie doesnt savor them as a great melodrama or psychodrama should.
Rogerebert
3.0
Viewed on its own terms, the remake does competent lip service to the original.
Indie Wire
4.5
After a point, the twists come so steadily that I actually found myself holding my breath for long stretches despite the fact that I know the original ..
Variety
3.0
Were waiting for this pressure cooker of a scenario to go nuclear and spill gunk all over the pretty, expensive stuff. It never quite happens and, for ..
Time Out
3.0
The Sad Rich White People Movie is one of my favourite genres, and indeed the white people in this English language remake of Danish film makers Susan ..
The Guardian
1.0
The mystery has been dialled down, the treacle dialled up, and what we are left with is basically Eat Pray Love 2.
The Guardian
3.0
It would be difficult to invest in if not for its two main stars who work hard to elevate the overly engineered plot, filling in the emotional gaps le ..
The Guardian
1.3
The film diverts us away from its hint of a social message using a series of tired twists and turns that dont signify much of anything.
3.8
But, true to its title, After the Wedding isnt about something that happened way back when.
2.0
110mins Secrets and lies are the currency of After The Wedding, a melodramatic family saga that cant find the right tonal balance between anguished tr ..
Screen Daily
2.5
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Vulture
1.5
Freundlichs American remake of the Bier film flips the gender of the main characters, yielding predictably strong performances from Julianne Moore and ..
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Theres a clumsiness here, a succession of setups and awkward payoffs that are so on the nose, so cringe inducingly earnest, that its hard not to laugh ..
1.5
A supreme example of classed up mediocrity, After the Wedding, a pointless remake of Susanne Biers 2007 melodrama of the same name, offers little that ..
The New York Times
0.5
Pretentious, self absorbed and mawkish, After the Wedding is a total waste.
E Film Critic
2.0
Something about the story feels patly subservient, as if the film had no urgent issue to address but some good actors available to emote on cue.
Telegraph
1.5
Writer director Bart Freundlichs American remake of Danish filmmaker Susanne Biers Oscar nominated 2006 family drama is curiously bloodless, despite t ..
1.0
With such willful blindness, even actresses as talented as Williams and Moore cant do much with a film that refuses to acknowledge any hint of complex ..
The Young Folks
3.1
Freundlichs version... flips the genders of the storys two main characters but does little else to justify the time and resources spent on remaking Bi ..
The Globe And Mail
4.0
An emotionally literate drama in which the characters must deal with their past and present choices.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
The high toned soap opera...is just the latest in a list of films from Freundlich that have been disappointing, to say the least.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
Worth seeing for the clinic the great cast especially Williams puts on in this melodramatic remake.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
After the Wedding is competently made and appealing in an exaggerated soap opera tinged fashion but, as is often the case with remakes, the original i ..
ReelViews
2.0
Freundlich has the power of his performers, who help to carry a somewhat overstuffed drama that takes on more painful events than it can comfortably h ..
Blu Ray
2.5
The movies biggest issue blooms from its core: it doesnt seem to know what kind of movie it wants to be.
Chicago Reader
3.8
It is, quite simply, a study of these characters, performed with emotional precision by the cast, as they do their best to adjust to this new reality ..
Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
After all this time and all of his proclivities he is alive and kicking. That alone makes this film worth watching.
You Tube
3.0
As heavy handed as the production and costume design are, the moments when Moore and Williams share the screen hint at a powerful tale of mothers, dau ..
Radio Times
2.0
For all of After the Weddings narrative twists and turns, theres nothing here that feels close to earth shaking.
Independent
3.0
The story feels melodramatic now, and its twisty plot is underpowered. Still, the surprises pack a powerful emotional punch, played to the hilt by Moo ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
The rare remake that honors the original but also finds its own reason for existing.
The Wrap
3.8
A beautifully acted drama with a tantalizing mystery at its center.
News Day
3.0
Theres a lot to be admired here, and After the Wedding certainly gives you a lot to think about. It just doesnt quite make you feel all the feels.
Az Central
3.0
When a story earns it, most of us are happy to give up some tears; this one only thinks it does. That kills emotion, offering a facsimile of drama rat ..
Smh
1.5
If this redo is slick and shallow, its nonetheless meticulously constructed and entirely watchable, with only a few histrionic moments.
Npr
2.5
After the Wedding went from being the Sundance 2019 opener to an August leftover, which may tell you all you need to know.
Toronto Star
2.0
So while Doctor Sleep has an undeniable watchability, it also has an impact that it hasnt really earned.
Daily Mail
2.0
That it works so well is partly testament to Flanagans skills as a horror director, but also to Ferguson, who is out and out wonderful, rarely needing ..
Daily Mail
2.0
Its all too blandly polished, while Williams projects a dreaminess that makes her character hard to grasp...
Flim List
3.5
She doesnt mind, as it doesnt appear she has a lot else planned for her summer.
Film Inquiry
1.5
Then again, Freundlichs script doesnt fully commit to any of its thematic depth.
Film Inquiry
2.5
Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams are versatile, talented actresses which is why its a shame that theyre saddled with this moody, highly improbably ..
Susang Ranger
2.5
As a director, Bart Freundlich knows how to frame a scene and enhance visual beauty with a sharper edge, but his writing leaves gaps in the plot that ..
Observer
2.0
Theres a difference between flawed likable characters and straight up annoying characters; After the Wedding contains the latter
Flickering Myth
3.5
After the Wedding is a showcase for Williams and Moore to sink into the emotional weight of the characters. Would you ever need more than that
Flim Threet
4.5
This movie muses gracefully on its moral opportunities. In the end, though, it plumps for the lobster.
New Yorker
2.0
Never straying too far from the beats of the original piece (save some crucial gender shifts), these are great actors chewing the heck out of the scre ..
The Film Stage
4.5
Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams shine in After the Wedding, in which questions about philanthropy, good intentions, and romantic honesty are all ..
Pajiba
2.0
Character judgments aside, After the Wedding wants emotional fireworks but comes up with duds.
Detroit News
3.8
Good performances in a story that keeps you invested, even if it never entirely blows you away.
Aisle Seat
2.0
By the time THE tearjerking moment creaks around we refused to cry from sheer spite.
Hey U Guys
2.0
After the Wedding dives into sincere concerns and addresses some critical topics but it is unfortunately bloated and often bland.
The Play List
2.0
Bart Freundlich swaps the genders of the storys characters, but his changes work against the films plot...
Now Toronto
4.0
Williams inhabits the role with great skill and the film is almost worth seeing just for her master class in quietly simmering anxiety.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1.5
For a film punctuated with emotion... After the Wedding sadly doesnt provoke much within the viewer.
Lw Lies
2.0
The questions raised in After the Wedding about loyalty, identity and truth linger long after the final credits roll.
Cleve Land
3.0
File under decent, but disappointing and start seeking out the excellent Danish original.
Stuff
4.2
Basically its a soap opera performed by over qualified actors. If you have a weakness for gasp inducing melodrama, youll like it. Otherwise you might ..
Ar Kansas Online
4.0
Director and writer Bart Freundlich lets the story breathe, trusting the actors to do the emotional heavy lifting.
The Arts Desk
3.0
Its basically an old fashioned weepy, complete with a tear jerking splash of personal tragedy, and Moore sets a cracking pace as bossy, controlling Th ..
The Arts Desk
3.0
I wanted to be swept along by the heft of it, and there are moments it could have happened, but in the end it was merely a waft.
The Sun
2.0
The film is full of big speeches and proclamations, and the clunky script and strained performances made it difficult to fully buy any of them.
Film
3.0
It feels like all these characters are tiptoeing around certain subject matters for the purpose of prolonging the narrative. Why are they so afraid of ..
The Film Pie
2.5
For a supposed tearjerker, this film is so tone deaf my guess is there wont be a wet eye in the house.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
The decision to swap the major roles from male to female has yielded unexpected rewards.
Punch Drunk Critics
2.5
The excellent cast tries their best to save this uneven and unnecessary remake but even Julianne Moores crying cant raise After the Wedding from simpl ..
We Live Entertainment
3.0
Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams shine (of course) in this American remake of the Danish Oscar nominated film. A bit melodramatic but a great vehi ..
Dead Line
4.0
Without the gender flip, After the Wedding couldnt really justify its own existence.
One Room With A View
4.0
Mixing it up between comedy and drama, After the Wedding examines human relationships by way of a layered story.
Solzy At The Movies
2.0
After The Wedding saddles its cast with a hackneyed script calibrated for high melodrama, only to punt in favor of cheap sentimentality.
Film Avclub
3.0
Quinn and Williams almost make Wedding worth seeing, but its not enough to save a film that feels more like a second rate soap opera than a quality fa ..
Bowling Green Daily News
3.8
Is After the Wedding a great movie No, not especially. Are these two women treasures of cinema Absolutely.
Seattle Times
4.0
If youre into melodramas with messy romantic arcs and complicated relationships this film is a perfect fit.
Black Girl Nerds
3.0
After the Wedding explores what it means to want the best for someone, how we strive to make it happen, and the vast gulf that exists in between.
National Post
1.5
The films top notch cast are let down badly enough by the clunking screenplay, but they are entirely defeated by the ethical vacuum at its core.
Bfi
1.5
The surprises are among the few pleasures in this ultimately forgettable, small film.
Bfi
3.0
The cast represents some of the finest actors working in film today. And for the most part theyre doing thoughtful work. Unfortunately, theres only so ..
Original Cin
2.5
Boasts serviceable performances by the ensemble, but suffers from an onslaught of creative restrictions by Freundlich as he delivers a note for note r ..
Rendy Reviews
2.5
Switching the genders isnt reinventing a story if youre just treading the exact same plotted points.
Rendy Reviews
1.3
Despite the best efforts of the two women charged with holding up the whole messy affair, this version of the film is boring and misguided at best, co ..
Third Coast Review
3.0
Highly immersive and emotionally intuitive when it comes to the dramatic tension of its unique scenario, no matter some of the logistical questions it ..
Ion Cinema
1.5
A drama offering actors the caliber of Moore, Williams, and Crudup is an enticing prospect, but the movie winds up sinking into a pudding of emotion.
National Review
3.0
There are still incredible moments, mostly because of beautifully balanced performances from the three leads.
Winnipeg Free Press
2.0
After the Wedding renounces the moral intensity to lean towards a predictable melodrama.
3.1
These women are powerhouses, and After the Wedding lets them share the screen. Its impossible to dislike a movie that does that.
Datebook Sfchronicle
4.5
Though heavy handed at times youd best believe a nest with broken eggs symbolizes what you think it does the picture moves along at a breakneck pace.
Sf Weekly
4.5
Does The Lion King still rule...Hell Yeah! Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen steal everyones thunder with their hilarity. The CGI is the best I have ever s ..
Wp Me
1.5
I dont think thats a fair reading of the material, even if the movie skirts near that territory from time to time.
Mid West Film Journal
1.5
Were left with an odd and unfortunate combination of too much, too little, too slow.
Vulture
4.5
The strongest elements in this fresh interpretation are the performances by Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams, who both deliver moments of emotiona ..
Entertainment Voice
3.0
After the Wedding is an intimate film about life, death and the decisions we make along the way. Its worth a look.
Movie Chambers
1.5
I found Freundlichs script implausible, contrived and disjointed. Additionally, several of the scenes which are meant to be dramatic turn out to be me ..
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
1.5
Moore has remarkable moments, instants of rage and tenderness, demonstrations of a fire that cant be smothered.
Metro Active
1.5
However, Freundlich lost his nerve and what we instead get is a film that doesnt know which story it wants to tell and so fails to deliver the emotion ..
Battle Royale With Cheese
4.5
Along with being brilliantly acted, well paced, and intelligently crafted, After the Wedding is the rare film that explores tricky topics like class d ..
World Wng
3.0
Saved from cloying melodrama by the heartfelt anguish seeping through grown up dialogue spoken by fine actors, gorgeous scenery photographed by cinema ..
Film Forward
4.5
Becomes a... succession of those emotional clips that the Academy uses to exhibit its Oscar nominees.
1.5
doesnt fully trust its own story and tries to dress it up with an air of ominous mystery that winds up undercutting the drama rather than adding to it ..
The Spool
3.1
They elevate a film that sometimes isnt as clever as it thinks it is.
Hollywood News
1.5
As a result, After the Wedding sinks under its own artless design.
Kdhx
4.5
With a simple gender swap, After the Wedding turns the Oscar nominated film of the same name into a powerful dramatic showcase for two tremendously ta ..
L.A. Biz
3.3
It probably works best if you havent seen the original movie its based on, After the Wedding remains a well told story of privilege, charity, and supp ..
The Gate
4.4
Freundlich puts a fresh gloss on the 2006 Danish film, directed by Bird Boxs Susanne Bier, with a not so simple gender flip.
Movie Cricket
2.5
After the Wedding feels bland and perfunctory, a remake of a foreign language film that never really justifies its own existence.
From the Front Row
3.0
The script loses control... and Freundlich decides to lead his actors toward a tearjerker.
Enfil Me
2.0
Despite earning nine career Oscar nominations and one win between them, actors Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore are bogged down by the films letha ..
Sa Current
3.0
The message of After the Wedding lies in finding the answer within us. Only there lives the truth, no matter how far we are from our origin.
3.0
It doesnt help that Williams Isabel feels just too insignificantly distanced from the proceedings and that, in the final few minutes, Freundlich decid ..
Worldo Free L
1.5
This high melodrama proves what good actors can bring to a production that otherwise falls flat.
The Movie Minute
2.0
With what started out as a simple transaction, After the Wedding becomes a confusing melodrama and the need to drag out this complex love triangle alm ..
Flick Feast
3.0
The plots soap opera twists should jerk tears but director Bart Freundlich leaves you high and dry, as if too classy to admit his own films silliness.
Metro News
4.4
The polished version of Susanne Biers 2006 film resolves itself too easily but the performances by Williams and Moore shouldnt be missed.
Victoria Advocate
0.5
Its an exhausting and frustrating movie, convinced of its own greatness and meaning, which only amplifies how bad everything is.
Vanyaland
1.5
It would have gone down better, had the film been honest about what it was up to right from the beginning rather than trying to hide its intentions be ..
Daily Public
4.5
See it. After the Wedding deals well with the complicated nature of regret in the adult world.
idobi.com
2.5
Two of our best actresses never develop the on screen sparks together that were expecting that, indeed, would seem the entire point of making the movi ..
Madison
1.5
The remake also features a powerhouse cast, including an under used Billy Crudup as Theresas sculptor husband but oh what a clunky, at times cringe wo ..
Arts Fuse
2.5
Approached as merely an exhibition of the brute force of acting talent, After the Wedding is a beautiful presentation. However, as a drama of the huma ..
High Def Digest
1.5
This is the second time weve watched this cinematic wedding and followed its aftermath, and if Freundlichs film conveys a message of any sort, its tha ..
Haaretz
3.0
Dripping with melodrama, After the Wedding doesnt quite work on any level, and the twists constantly make you realize that you are watching a movie.
Movie Show Plus
1.5
Because of the lack of nuance and the lack of background story, the movie never goes anywhere.
4.5
At times I really enjoyed it, but when it all came down, I felt a little empty.
Double Toasted
4.0
These two ferociously talented women are just too good to miss at any time and together they are a powerhouse. Theres a lovely restraint here...
Newshub (NZ)
3.0
Williams and Moores convincing acting as two strong women stands out in the sometimes shouty emotional sludge. where Biers dogma ish original seems tr ..
Dogandwolf
4.5
Its often gruesome and rarely unintentionally funny... but scenes on dry land introduce a fun Mean Girls situation which is nicely addressed in an unf ..
What She Said Radio
2.5
Despite the earnest intentions in how the film works through its melodramatic twists and turns, while touching on notions of regret, fulfillment, and ..
Film International
4.4
It is a family drama but one filled with complicated people and difficult choices, where there are no good guys or bad guys, just flawed people strivi ..
We Are Movie Geeks
1.5
We cant complain about Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams performances... thanks to the script, the story of these two women feels incomplete.
Chilango.com
3.0
Director Bart Freundlich is a brave man indeed to tackle a remake of Danish filmmaker Susanne Biers 2006 drama.
4.5
Its more melodrama than drama, plagued by a few too many twists, yet it remains a moving story about love, loss, adoption, and now, female empowerment ..
4.5
While none of our three leads are bad people, theyre all prickly and a bit difficult.
Comicsverse
4.5
Despite turns into predictability and sentimentality, Moore and Williams never disappoint, especially in their showdown scene. Davis and Astor would b ..
Awfj
2.0
Williams & Moore highlight a script thats overly contrived & severely unidentifiable.
Texas Art & Film
4.5
Its difficult to dismiss it in its entirety as Williams and Moore are both stellar, elevating their characters beyond the simplistic outlines of their ..
This is Film
3.0
The gender flip turns After the Wedding into a decent feminist statement, albeit one without the edge of the original.
Planet S Magazine
3.1
It might make sense on paper, but that doesnt make us care, and After the Wedding feels more like going through a familys dirty laundry than making a ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
After the Wedding offers the spectacle of fine performances in an uphill battle against melodramatic drek.
3.8
The movie shines whenever Williams and Moore appear together on screen, although Williams is especially haunting on her own.
Phoenix Film Festival
3.5
After the Wedding is one of those thoroughly inessential yet subtle and well crafted films made for grown ups who like sitting back and watching the i ..
Screen Hub
4.5
Ill keep all of the secrets and praise all of the acting. Writer director Bart Freundlich (Moores real life husband) has remade a 2006 Oscar nominee f ..
Niagara Gazette
1.5
Good drama, bland visuals; oh the delight of an English language remake.
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