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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisPredictable but never coy about it, After Words speaks to the fateful connection that sometimes occurs between two people under the most improbable circumstances.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDirector Juan Feldman trusts his actors to charm us, which they do — up to a point. But there’s only so much that can be wrung out of this spinster-meets-exotic stud, “Summertime”-lite affair.
- 40Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaArizona RepublicRandy CordovaPat and silly, the movie offers a wheezy moral that a buttoned-up American just needs a sensitive Latino and some ethnic cuisine to end the blues.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceFeldman, having established all his stereotypes, refuses to push them beyond the motions you know they have to go through from the first scene of lonely Jane crying into her cat's fur.
- 30The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMs. Harden is fine in a role that requires little, but her character is a lazy stereotype that ought to make real librarians wince.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe good news about After Words is that it offers Marcia Gay Harden a rare film lead. The bad news: Harden's role in this groan-worthy dramedy is so dreary and ill-conceived that even her formidable talents can't bring it to life.