After the Fall (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Saar Klein |
| Written by | Saar Klein Joe Conway |
| Starring | Wes Bentley Jason Issacs Vinessa Shaw |
| Cinematography | Matthias Koenigswieser |
| Edited by | Hank Corwin Saar Klein |
| Music by | Marc Streitenfeld |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
After the Fall, originally titled Things People Do, is a 2014 American drama film directed by Saar Klein and starring Wes Bentley, Jason Issacs, and Vinessa Shaw.[1] The film had its premiere in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film had its premiere in theaters and VOD on December 12, 2014.[1] The film received negative reviews.
Cast
[edit]- Wes Bentley as Bill Scanlon
- Haley Bennett as Ruby
- Vinessa Shaw as Susan Scanlon
- Jason Isaacs as Frank McTiernan
- Keith Carradine as Charles
- Sam Trammell as Lee
- W. Earl Brown
- Jeremiah Bitsui
Reception
[edit]The film received generally negative reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 36% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 14 reviews. Robert Abele wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "the basic story’s narrative and psychological simplicity ... becomes an increasing burden."[3] Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times "After the Fall belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments."[4] However, Stephen Dalton, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, says that film, "has much to recommend, including gorgeous New Mexico landscapes, sumptuous digital cinematography and -- as we might expect from Klein -- virtuoso editing"[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dave McNary. "Entertainment One Buys Wes Bentley's 'After the Fall' for U.S." Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ^ "Panorama 2014: First Films". berlinale. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ "Review: 'After the Fall' drifts by on a 'Breaking Bad' motif". Los Angeles Times. December 21, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (December 11, 2014). "Goody-Two-Shoes Loses His Footing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ "Things People Do: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 17, 2019.