The Afterlight (2009)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
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In a desolate stretch of farm country, a young couple attempts to leave their complicated past behind in hopes of starting a new life. Andrew and Claire find themselves far from their roots. They move into an old schoolhouse that sits on the edge of a farm inhabited by an elderly widow and her blind niece, Maria. While the local media report on an approaching solar eclipse, the arrival of Andrew and Claire sets off an elusive chain of events that will alter the lives of everyone around them. As
Sep 10, 2010 Limited
Cinema Purgatorio
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Cast
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Michael Kelly
Andrew -
Jicky Schnee
Claire -
Rip Torn
Carl -
Ana Asensio
Maria -
Morgan Taddeo
Lucy -
Rhoda Pauley
Carol
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (3)
It's hard to embrace this glacially paced, symbolism-heavy film's elusive - when it's not being elliptical - story about a city couple's escape to rural life.
Unfortunately, the subdued tone only adds distance, not depth, to their unstated issues.
Promises more illumination than it delivers.
Afterlight proceeds without much discernible plot or character development, its objects and places exuding more backstory than its people, though Rip Torn as the father of the sole male protagonist lends a certain woodsy authenticity.
Tempering the film's oppressive emotions, the cinematographer Zoë White's exquisite compositions charge leaden rain clouds and rustling branches with eerie life, and dusty indoor corners with shadowy secrets.
[This] proudly minimalist affair favors ambiguity over soap-operatics.
Top CriticThe director-writer-editor pair, and cinematographer White, show a sheer love of moviemaking that often makes their film a joy to watch.
A quietly intense, engrossing and intelligent drama brimming with haunting imagery and poignant lyricism.
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