Release Date: September 9th, 2011
R|1 hr 41 min
Plot Summary
Family members (John Doman, Pablo Schreiber) try to keep a terrible secret from their matriarch (Kathleen Quinlan).
Cast: Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino, Adam Scarimbolo, Diane Neal, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Mandy Gonzalez
Director: Pieter Gaspersz
Genres: Drama
Distributors: Paladin
A handsomely mounted, largely watchable, and I suppose reasonably well-intentioned family drama with things to say about grief and loss and deception. It is also kind of irritating in is purposeful disingenuousness and determined challenges to plausibility. Your mileage may vary, as they say. show more
There’s a secret at play in After, which director Pieter Gaspersz communicates via many side-long glances. I won’t give it away, but it’s a fairly far-fetched twist that feels out of place in this realism-based drama. show more
Though clumsily enacted, the eventual revelation at least avoids the sick-punchline feel afflicting some dramas sharing this theme. show more
