After the Sunset Critic Reviews

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Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

An unalloyed delight, bright and breezy escapist fare that's pure entertainment, filled with romance, adventure, humor, action, suspense, beautiful scenery and beautiful people.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

After the Sunset is a mess, but it's a breezy, fun mess.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A fun-in-the-sun heist caper that director Brett Ratner stages as if he were the activities director of a cruise ship. Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie grows progressively more routine in quarter-hour increments, eventually collapsing under the weight of its own insignificance. Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Skillfully made, but it's not necessary...On the other hand, should you see it, the time will pass pleasantly.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

When it comes time for the actual robbery, so little has been explained that the plan seems ridiculously easy in some respects and totally improbable in others. Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

While After the Sunset is never exactly dull and is smartly cut to a brief running time, it never quickens the pulse.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

The heist itself is almost dull, and the characters aren't half as colorful or interesting as they need to be. Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

A jewel-heist frolic so stale it feels like a retread of a retread. Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

For a movie that's sexist, racist, and possibly the most deeply closeted gay love story to be released this year, After the Sunset is reasonably entertaining.Read the full review

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