...a powerful drama about secrets... At times it threatens to veer into soap opera, but the filmmakers and actors keep it true.
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05/12/07
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After The Wedding (2007)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:86
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: The cast brings After the Wedding's melodramatic script to life, creating a movie that is emotionally raw and satisfying.
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $1,504,179
Synopsis: Danish director Susanne Bier continues her tradition of finely crafted emotional films with this Oscar-nominated drama. In AFTER THE WEDDING, a businessman (Rolf Lassgard) offers to make a huge... [More]
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgard, Mona Malm
Director: Susanne Bier
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Reviews for After The Wedding
After the Wedding is a sad film in many ways, but it’s also surprisingly uplifting. Thanks to [director] Bier and her cast, any tears shed in the audience will be perfectly natural.
05/11/07
The plotting in After the Wedding is melodramatic, even a bit soap-operatic. Yet, unlike many Hollywood features and TV soaps, the material is done in a way that seems refreshingly real and honest.
05/11/07
It's Mikkelsen who anchors the movie, as his moody Jacob tries to reconcile his past mistakes with his current passion for his students in India.
05/11/07
...a rare film of conflict without villains.
05/10/07
Yes, they throw more than rice at this Wedding, but it's all in service of an astutely observed and sometimes shattering human drama.
05/10/07
Top CriticOn its own terms and apart from the awards hoopla, AFTER THE WEDDING is a decent, if flawed feature that works mostly due to the efforts of its talented cast.
05/07/07
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05/05/07
A fully engaging drama, with powerful emotional punches and surprises.
05/04/07
Bier's not timid about tossing any number of volatile ingredients into an already-simmering pot.
05/04/07
Top CriticYou leave the movie feeling exhausted, argumentative and exhilarated, surely the sign of a powerful film in any language.
05/04/07
Initially threatening to turn into the most shameless of melodramas, it instead builds upon its rickety foundation with such dexterity and grace that it eventually emerges as a deeply moving experience.
05/02/07
An emotional masterpiece whose end is impossible to guess.
04/27/07
Just when we start to find these people interesting and credible, the plot tosses us something we don't believe for a minute.
04/27/07
It's a traumatic journey peeling away those layers of secrecy, repression and regret, but the actors are equal to those hyper-emotional demands. After the Wedding is a story told with unsparing honesty and skill.
04/27/07
May be the strangest and most surprising film you’ll see this year, in that its character development runs counter to the expectations aroused by its narrative sequencing.
04/25/07
Top CriticA rare treat --- don't miss it!
04/24/07
Director Susanne Bier is obviously fond of extreme close-ups (people smoking, people drinking, people licking their lips), especially focusing the camera on the actors' eyeballs too many times to count. I can overlook this annoying little technique becaus
04/24/07
A deeply intimate tale of regret and hope, with characters that will linger in your thoughts.
04/24/07
The film brings us face to face with the movie's starkest truth: It's not whether or not we prevail over the inevitable setbacks in life, but who we connect with along the way.
04/21/07
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