Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 138
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 113
A slick but bland thriller.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 29
A slick but bland thriller.
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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In this caper movie from director Brett Ratner, two brilliant criminals are lured out of retirement...or are they? Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) is a master jewel thief who, with the help of his accomplice and lover Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), has stolen two of the three Napoleon diamonds, among the most valuable gems on Earth. Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson) is an FBI agent who has been on Burdett's trail for years and is especially eager to bring him to justice after a humiliating incident in
PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.
Nov 12, 2004 Wide
Mar 29, 2005
$28.3M
New Line Cinema
All Critics (143) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (113) | DVD (23)
A deliberately mindless action comedy that invites us to lose ourselves, without any PC guilt, in its hedonistic enticements.
A movie utterly devoid of wit , excitement and any reason for being.
Shot in the Bahamas with lots of plugs for the Atlantis resort, After the Sunset looks great but is the cinematic equivalent of empty calories.
The film is thin, insipid and unconvincing except when it argues for Salma Hayek's beauty.
One of the most lackadaisical Hollywood projects of the year.
[A] mostly terrible heist comedy.
Unappealing characters and a dumb story. Skip it.
...a fluffy time-killer.
The mix of thievery intrigue, humor, exotic slacking and animal attraction are a classy recipe for stealing audience affections.
After the Sunset is the sort of movie that may not find its ideal audience until channel-surfing insomniacs discover it late some evening, long, long after sunset indeed.
Audiences seeking mild diversion might prefer approaching it as Lola does her new surroundings: 'The challenge is to find joy in simple things'.
As guilty pleasures go, this is as good as three rum punches on a hot afternoon at a beach bar. It won't do you any good, but hey, it's a lot of fun.
Behind the curve.
The dialogue mimics the terseness [of Elmore Leonard's work] without the snap or humor. Almost every word sounds recycled from another movie.
Folks who like these actors will probably have fun with the film. Just don't go in with high expectations, as the script and direction are merely average.
After the Sunset has the good fortune of having director Brett Ratner -- the sugar-rush peddler of the Rush Hour movies, among others -- on its side.
Kudos to Brett Ratner for at least acknowledging that the film's gay jokes are cheap-doesn't make him any less of a ****, but still.
It is a movie that looks like a James Bond movie but isnt, while Pierce Brosnan acts very much like 007 but the movie does not have all the juice. Well Pierce Brosnan (playing Max Burdett) and Salma Hayek (playing Lola Cirillo) are diamond thieves and have decided to "retire" in the Paradise Islands in the Bahamas.
May 9, 2011
Super Reviewer
Almost a little similar to the character that Brosnan played in The Thomas Crown Affair, yet a good relationship developed with Woody Harrelson, easy watching, no brainer
September 4, 2006Super Reviewer
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