After the Fall (2014 film)

2014 film

  • February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09) (Berlin)
  • December 12, 2014 (2014-12-12) (US)
Running time
110 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

After the Fall, originally titled Things People Do, is a 2014 American drama film directed by Saar Klein and starring Wes Bentley, Jason Issacs, and Vinessa Shaw.[1] The film had its premiere in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film had its premiere in theaters and VOD on December 12, 2014.[1] The film received negative reviews.

Cast

  • Wes Bentley as Bill Scanlon
  • Haley Bennett as Ruby
  • Vinessa Shaw as Susan Scanlon
  • Jason Isaacs as Frank McTiernan
  • Keith Carradine as Charles
  • Sam Trammell as Lee
  • W. Earl Brown
  • Jeremiah Bitsui

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 36% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 14 reviews. Robert Abele wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "the basic story’s narrative and psychological simplicity ... becomes an increasing burden."[3] Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times "After the Fall belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments."[4] However, Stephen Dalton, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, says that film, "has much to recommend, including gorgeous New Mexico landscapes, sumptuous digital cinematography and -- as we might expect from Klein -- virtuoso editing"[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Dave McNary. "Entertainment One Buys Wes Bentley's 'After the Fall' for U.S." Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Panorama 2014: First Films". berlinale. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Review: 'After the Fall' drifts by on a 'Breaking Bad' motif". Los Angeles Times. December 21, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Holden, Stephen (December 11, 2014). "Goody-Two-Shoes Loses His Footing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Things People Do: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 17, 2019.