Almost painful to sit through. Story could be condensed into a minute long, bad dialog spaced out with awful montages. Predictable and very very very cringy.
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SUPER CRINGY.
andrewchristianjr11 August 2020
Preedicable and boring.
dar04172 July 2019
Not bad but disappointing.
sweetiennc9 November 2019
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I watched this movie before I read the first book and I thought the movie was cliche and not very good. When I found out it was based on a book I read it and then re-watched the movie. Sadly to say I was disappointed with the movie but liked it better than the first time I watched it because I got to see the characters come to life. I think they picked good actors to play Hardin and Tessa, they fit the roles and seemed to have decent chemistry given the scenes they had to be in. But with that being said they changed the story to much for this to be a good movie. They did not need to portray Hardin as such a pushover. He was a hard in the books and his flirty character and blunt attitude were some of the reasons Tessa was so drawn to him and we didn't get to see that in this film.The passion and fighting was very poorly portrayed, those parts of the books drew you in and showed you the bond between Hardin and Tessa. He sadly just came off as moody and whiny in the movie. Tessa seemed so young and innocent in the movie and we didn't get to see her sassy side or her boldness when she stood up against Hardin or her trying to party with them and kissing Hardin first or any of the scenes with Zed. I didn't mind that they didn't make the film as sexual or explicit as the books but they didn't need to make it so pg13, it almost seemed like a middle school romance instead of college. The relationship with Tessa and her mother was way off in the film. They never really had a good relationship to begin with in the books and almost seemed like good friends in the movie. I wasn't a fan of the actors chosen to play Noah or Hardin's father, and they should have left Tristan as the sweet guy he was in the book and not changed him to a girl. This movie was also poorly edited, several scenes felt rushed and the actors delivered the lines either too soon or with no feeling. And they didn't have very much depth to the conversations. And the one scene with Tessa and Landon mouthing the lines with no sounds?? Why? If they would have added just a few more scenes and chosen to stick closer to the story line it would have had the chance to be a good movie. Or better yet why not make the books into a mini series with these same actors so that they could have had more time to bring the characters to life from the books and not been so rushed to cram so much content into a 160min movie. And the ending, bad just bad. That's my two cents, not trying to be harsh, I liked the books and I hope the second movie is better than the first.
STOP Romanticizing Toxic Relationships!
fabiennehoogewoud-845-93645822 July 2020
The fact that this movie won 3 Teen Choice Awards is seriously disturbing. Is this the kind of movie we want to promote to the female teen audience?
Bad boy just needs a good woman to tame him. NO! This is a toxic relationship, and we need to stop promoting it! So many teen movies have this at the core and it's sending the wrong message.
This is not what a good and healthy relationship looks like. This is what you RUN from. Ladies, you're not responsible for "fixing" a man.
Cringy. Worst love story ever.
Embroideredjune21 April 2019
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I understand that I might not be the right audience for this film, it's more targeted towards twelve year olds that have never been in a relationship. But as someone who's going to be twenty-seven soon, this movie was so bad. So bad. So many things happen that don't make any sense!
Hardin is manipulative, Tessa's friends are the worst, her mom is just mental.
And please, kids, for the love of god: never open a condom with your teeth!
Hardin is manipulative, Tessa's friends are the worst, her mom is just mental.
And please, kids, for the love of god: never open a condom with your teeth!
If you love Twilight and She's All That with a toned down Fifty shades of grey then this is it
lisafordeay21 July 2019
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After is a 2019 Romantic Drama starring Josephine Langford,Selma Blair and Hero Fiennes Tiffin and tells the story of a young woman named Tessa who is starting college and meets a bad boy named Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) who Tessa later falls for despite the fact that Tessa has a boyfriend named Noah and the fact that Hardin is hiding a secret. So what's the secret you may ask well it turns out Hardin is using Tessa just for her virginity.
The main charcthers remind me of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen as they are so bland and just they are not that likeable at all.
If your a fan of the films I mentioned in my headline than check it out.
D+
The main charcthers remind me of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen as they are so bland and just they are not that likeable at all.
If your a fan of the films I mentioned in my headline than check it out.
D+
Pretty standard story, worth a watch for Josephine Langford.
TxMike24 August 2019
My wife and I watched this at home on BluRay, while it contains nothing particularly novel it is a mostly well written and well acted story.
A few years ago this website, IMDb, was pretty useful. Not so much now that "reviewers" are allowed to write one-sentence non-reviews and give a movie a "1" or a "10" rating for no good reasons. This movie is neither of those two extremes, and if you ignore the highest and lowest votes, the vast middle set of votes show it to be about a "6" which is appropriate when you compare it to other movies of similar themes.
Already done many times, a good student goes to college only to be exposed to lots of things that surprise her, and in the process meets a boy that by all reason she should stay away from but his magnetic personality draws her in. When it is all done she sees the world in a different way, this is her "after" the experiences.
Josephine Langford, a young and pretty Australian actress, is very good in the role. We watch, we know we have seen it all before, but it is still interesting to see where it goes. Not a superb movie but not trash either, a decent watch for those who enjoy an interesting college romance story.
A few years ago this website, IMDb, was pretty useful. Not so much now that "reviewers" are allowed to write one-sentence non-reviews and give a movie a "1" or a "10" rating for no good reasons. This movie is neither of those two extremes, and if you ignore the highest and lowest votes, the vast middle set of votes show it to be about a "6" which is appropriate when you compare it to other movies of similar themes.
Already done many times, a good student goes to college only to be exposed to lots of things that surprise her, and in the process meets a boy that by all reason she should stay away from but his magnetic personality draws her in. When it is all done she sees the world in a different way, this is her "after" the experiences.
Josephine Langford, a young and pretty Australian actress, is very good in the role. We watch, we know we have seen it all before, but it is still interesting to see where it goes. Not a superb movie but not trash either, a decent watch for those who enjoy an interesting college romance story.
Come on, it was not that bad.
TaylorYee9430 March 2022
"The Great Gatsby, it's a good book." That is how stereotypical 'After' gets. (AND that statement is so not true.) However, it's a good mix of cliché. It still works: romantic vibes, fluttering heart, and sexual chemistry between a couple. Amplified sound of touching skin escalates passionate and erotic emotions of viewers. Most importantly (in romance films), chemistry is there between two actors. I want to compliment Langford and Tiffin on their decent performance as leading roles for the first time.
I've a headache
rebeccacastledine4 February 2021
Josephine is the sweetest girl i have seen in years
theromanempire-111 April 2019
Josephine the girl who plays the lead role is the main reason to watch this average romantic drama which without Josephine would be boring as hell if u exclude last half an hour or so but Josephine and her chemistry with the the guy who played the other main role makes this movie worth of your time.
thank god we finally got something worth of a scenario twist in last 20 minutes and the movie ended strong but at the end Josephine is the reason to watch this film.
One word: beautiful
klaudiazareba11 April 2019
I personally loved this movie. It's beautifully shot and the actors have an amazing chemistry. I read the books back in 2014 and the author herself said that the movie is going to be different since you can't really fit a 400 pages book in 100 minutes. The changes that they made were necessary in my opinion and I prefer the "softer" Hardin from the movie. The movie has a great message and shouldn't be getting so much hate just because it's not exactly like the books. 10/10 from me. Hoping for a second one! People should watch it with an open mind.
An intense college romance with passion
ronakkotecha11 April 2019
After is the kind of film that could have gone horribly wrong. Well, it had all the ingredients - good girl, bad girls, brooding mysterious college hottie, wannabe college teens sporting nose piercings & tattoos, dysfunctional families & broken marriages..the list will go on. But what trumps all of this the heavyduty emotional texture of the film. The intense romance that develops between Tessa and Hardin in a conventional yet very mystical way. There are not many twists and the narrative is simple. However, it hoodwinks you into feeling that something really uncanny will happen - whether or not it does, is for you to find out. Makeout scenes are aplenty but none OTT. They are aesthetic and complimentary to the storytelling. Director Jenny Gage handles that well with his young, good looking actors keeping their next-door image intact. Audience will relate with their characters and root for both of them. Pace is slow but consistent with moments that will stay with you. Overall, AFTER is the kind of college romance everyone hopes for - it's got love, lust and heartbreak in equal measure!
A waste of film
carlospavon-022137 May 2020
Disappointing
novaknika-8058011 May 2019
Two people meet in college, fall in love very fast and then for the rest of the movie you watch them making out. The "plot twist" isn't even a twist. The book(s) are incredibly gripping, I don't understand why they had to tone the plot down this much. The movie should have been 18+, it feels like it's 12-.
Save your money for something worth!
bealexandra12 April 2019
I went to see this film with my hopes high since I have read the books multiple times and I absolutely loved them.
Well, I got really disappointed. If you have read the books, you're going to be really disappointed as well. If you haven't, you will not understand the story, since the action is overall really quick, so you don't really understand the scenes or why they are even there. It is boring because 90% of the film nothing much different happens, most of the times is just music playing and Tessa and Hardin kissing and making out. The dialogues are weak, they barely even talk, and if they do, is just hi and how are you. Basically, the characters met and 5 seconds later are already declaring eternal love. No sense at all. The storyline is poor and doesn't respect the film at all. For me, the film killed the book.
I feel like the characters didn't show much emotion. Hardin I just didn't feel the vibe. He is really superficial and his personality is just neutral.
PLEASE GO SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO WATCH SOMETHING BETTER
PLEASE GO SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO WATCH SOMETHING BETTER
Spoiler - Girl cheats and netflix wants you to love it
willandcharlenebrown16 September 2021
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Lame, lame and more lame.
LordCommandar25 June 2019
How many times has this film been done before? CW, CBS, Lifetime and all others cable networks as well have done this engilsh accent male role to give the lead guy some edge, as if engilsh accents makes a guy more attractive (ridiculous) and a simple American college girl fallen for the guy and finding out he's the type that goes on shooter sprees on college campuses. Lame, lame and more lame. This films only endorse white college student stupidity nothing more.
I feel like she's the bad guy
ratpackaustin30 October 2019
I was entertained by this movie. However, Tessa is kind of a terrible person in this movie. She has a great boyfriend who loves and cares for her, but she cheats on him because a British dude touches her hand and takes her swimming? It's hard to root for their love when the whole time I'm stuck on how she broke Noah's heart and never got the comeuppance she deserved
I wasted 2 hrs that I could have used to drink paint.
laurakoontz14 April 2019
Holy crap this was the most garbage cliche movie ever. The main character Tessa who is not like other girls bc i study meets Hardin who is a bad boy but he like literature and is really rapey like really. The acting is dry and worse than aNY porno I have ever seen. If u want to watch this i suggest you watch 50 shades instead because at least it's graphic enough to distract you from the garbage plot. The plot was so bad and all the "dramatic" part made me and my friends laugh so hard. We laughed at a lot of inappropriate times like I could sense those angsty teen girl glares. This was a waste of money and time and I would rather bang my head against the wall for 2 hrs than watch it again. I would rather get lead poisoning from drinking paint and then proceed to drink a puddle in the parking lot of a taco bell.
After
JoBloTheMovieCritic20 July 2019
Cliché, boring, bad plot, predictable.
amaliegraaberg12 April 2019
90's vibe!!
nataliastrang12 April 2019
I may be bias because I read and loved the books but it was a great movie. Just like any indie movie just starting out, it has its flaws. I felt because I read the book I noticed how rushed it was and all the changes but it wasnt that bad. The chemistry is amazing, the actors were great and it brought me back to when I watched you drive me crazy, shes all that and cruel intentions. Definitely gave me that throwback vibe and cult classic.
Highly disappointed!!!!
zainaberanpur16 April 2019
After reading the novel I expected alot from this movie. It's true that you cannot make the entire novel into a movie. But the important scenes which happened should have been there. Everything happened so fast in the movie. Characters are so good but the plot is really not happening.
Awful. They owe the author an apology.
skeilat-rains16 April 2019
Clearly NO ONE involved in this movie read the books! The only thing they got right was the characters names! That's it. It was a completely different story than the book. There was absolutely no chemistry between the characters. I've seen more passion in a Hallmark movie. Seriously, don't waste your money or time.
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