Storyline
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
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Daryl Sabara, Bonnie Wright, Freddie Stroma, Abhi Sinha, James D'Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Erin Moriarty, George Blagden, Rhys Wakefield, Maia Mitchell, Katie Findlay, Jacob Artist, Philippa Coulthard, Toby Sebastian, Hope Olaide Wilson, Melissa Le-Vu, Darius Homayoun, Chanelle Bianca Ho, Taser Hassan, Natasha Gott, Asger Mariager, James Moriarty, Chamroeun Bustraan, Julia Hodges, Katherine Robertson, Kory Brown, Jack Hooker, Piper Hinson, Melissa Kaskel, Michael Rougeau, Endang Pratiwi, Cinta Laura Kiehl
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Reviews
70
While the story's conceit brims with metaphor and symbolism, it rarely comes off as didactic or heavy-handed. Instead, it's smart and provocative. The movie's late-breaking twist also feels about right.
60
Village Voice
After the Dark is a shaggy dog story but an intriguing and frequently beautiful one.
50
The Dissolve
Through all the ham-fisted lunacy, writer-director John Huddles displays an infectious love of philosophy, coupled with an exhilarating, anything-goes filmmaking style.
30
Although it displays far more imagination than is usual for such teen-oriented fare, After the Dark ultimately sinks under the weight of its pretensions.
30
Slack acting (perhaps aggravated by the harsh lighting design) and the script’s inability to build characters together vaporize the chances for the movie, which is both smugly clever and at times distastefully clueless.
