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After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 14

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A brooding adaptation of the unforgiving words of writer Jim Thompson. Ex-boxer Kid Collins escapes from a sanitarium in which he was remanded for killing an opponent in the ring. He stops in... A brooding adaptation of the unforgiving words of writer Jim Thompson. Ex-boxer Kid Collins escapes from a sanitarium in which he was remanded for killing an opponent in the ring. He stops in a bar for drinks and meets a sexy, older woman named Fay. Though at first she rebuffs Collins, she later welcomes him into her liquor-fueled life... and her bed. Fay later introduces "Collie" to a strange man she knows named Uncle Bud. Apparently a two-bit con artist, Uncle Bud has greater ambitions: he plans to abduct a small boy and needs a little muscle -- namely, Collie -- to make his scheme work. Despite Collie's initial reluctance to participate in the kidnapping, he is soon the one calling all the shots. [More]

Starring: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern

Starring: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern

Director: James Foley

Director: James Foley

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Geoff Andrew
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After the compromised result of the noirish At Close Range, Foley shows imporovement in giving Jim Thompson's 1955 tale the right tone and visuals, though he should have cast the femme fatale with a better actress than Rachel Ward.

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Tour-de-force performances all-round

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Clint Morris
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A brisk, entertaining contemporary melodrama.

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02/24/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The film is a hot-wired crime thriller that captures [Jim] Thompson's flair for hard action, malicious wit and fevered eroticism.

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Peter Travers
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If you actually force yourself to sit all the way through After Dark, My Sweet, it'll almost certainly leave you feeling punch-drunk.

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Brian Webster
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This is the real thing from start to finish.

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Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

If anything, though, Foley makes Thompson's killing universe too inviting, too sunny and comfortable. He's missed the essence of Thompson, but all in all, there are worse ways of failing.

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Foley has brought the novel subtly up to date, and does a good job of maintaining Thompson's artful ambiguity.

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