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The Aftermath

2019

James Kent

Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Alexander Skarsgård, Kate Phillips ...

5.6

2,148

Drama Postwar Germany, year 1946. Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Attractive and diverting, as any well-appointed film starring these actors in mouthwatering period finery could hardly fail to be."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] delivers extraordinary imagery in tune with an environment (...) Yet no pretty pictures can salvage 'The Aftermath' from sinking into familiar melodramatic beats, and it’s here that the actors fail to convince."	NEU
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"[It] is neither logically coherent nor emotionally satisfying (...) Few can smolder like Skarsgard, yet his inevitable affair with Rachael has little heat."	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A handsome period piece whose fine cast is matched by respected source material (...) it has enough highbrow trappings to seduce some moviegoers who crave adult fare."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The emotional flashpoints (...) are frankly forced and unconvincing (...) A holiday romance and the well-intentioned performances lead nowhere (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Mark Monahan Telegraph	"Keira Knightley shines in this war-torn love story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"With solid production values and tasteful edit, this film lost its balance when faced with the prospect of a naked Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård (...) [A] return to period film factory settings."	NEU
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"Atmospheric but not immersive, attractively cast but unmessy, and fine with touching on a moment in time instead of dealing with it (...) [It] comes off, regrettably, like a period widget."	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Could a worthwhile film actually have been carved out of this tear-jerking mess? It’s possible (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG

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