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After the Sunset
Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 32
  3. Negative: 11 out of 32
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    An unalloyed delight, bright and breezy escapist fare that's pure entertainment, filled with romance, adventure, humor, action, suspense, beautiful scenery and beautiful people.
  2. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    After the Sunset is a mess, but it's a breezy, fun mess.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    A fun-in-the-sun heist caper that director Brett Ratner stages as if he were the activities director of a cruise ship.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    63
    Harrelson certainly proves an entertaining foil to Brosnan's more refined thief.
  5. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    63
    Salma Hayek merrily struts off with most of Brett Ratner's wispy caper comedy.
  6. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    63
    A marginally above average crime caper with one big plot twist that's pretty tough to believe but mildly interesting to consider.
  7. Empire
    Reviewed by: William Thomas
    60
    A lot of fun.
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    The heist itself is almost dull, and the characters aren't half as colorful or interesting as they need to be.
  9. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Skillfully made, but it's not necessary...On the other hand, should you see it, the time will pass pleasantly.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    50
    Sizzles for a half-hour, then fizzles.
  11. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    This indirect rehash of "To Catch a Thief" trades Hitchcockian shrewdness for the slickest kinds of Hollywood glitz, gloss, and vulgarity.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Not unpleasant, but you've seen it all before.
  13. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    50
    The movie grows progressively more routine in quarter-hour increments, eventually collapsing under the weight of its own insignificance.
  14. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    50
    Though there are a few annoying moments when the actors get in the way of the scenery, mostly it succeeds.
  15. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    50
    When it comes time for the actual robbery, so little has been explained that the plan seems ridiculously easy in some respects and totally improbable in others.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    While After the Sunset is never exactly dull and is smartly cut to a brief running time, it never quickens the pulse.
  17. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    50
    It's silly adolescent stuff, but director Brett Ratner and screenwriters Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg serve it up gracefully.
  18. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    42
    The movie is a misfire.
  19. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    A caper comedy without chemistry is just a bunch of waiting around for something to get stolen.
  20. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Chute
    40
    Instantly forgettable caper comedy.
  21. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    A jewel-heist frolic so stale it feels like a retread of a retread.
  22. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    You'd have to go back to Blake Edwards' "10" and Bo Derek to find a mainstream movie that spends more time gawking at a star's body - or a more cooperative and alluring subject.
  23. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    The kind of glossy, Hollywood-forged waste of time that would depress even the most happily lackadaisical retiree.
  24. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    For a movie that's sexist, racist, and possibly the most deeply closeted gay love story to be released this year, After the Sunset is reasonably entertaining.
  25. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: M. E. Russell
    33
    Simultaneously boring and cringe-inducing; you can't decide whether to flee the theater or lightly nap.
  26. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    30
    The witless inanity of After the Sunset is so numbing that the sole reason for any living creature to sit through it--man, woman or household pet--is to marvel at the speed and variety of actress Salma Hayek's costume changes.
  27. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    30
    A purported heist flick that sucks all the style out of stealing.
  28. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    25
    A movie utterly devoid of wit , excitement and any reason for being.
  29. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    25
    It's strung together, with cliches instead of puka shells.
  30. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    20
    The man behind the "Rush Hour" franchise proves that dropping sly nods in Alfred Hitchcock's direction does not necessarily a fine caper make.
  31. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jorge Morales
    20
    Despite its misguided comic pretensions, this brazenly unimaginative caper movie is most effective as a feature-length infomercial for its location, which will here remain undisclosed.
  32. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    20
    The true crime is the eight bucks the filmmakers want to steal from you. Best advice: Don't let them get away with it.
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