Afternoon Delight
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  • Summary: Deadened by the stultifying realities of preschool auctions, a lackluster sex life, and career that’s gone kaput, Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna (Juno Temple), a stripper whom she becomes obsessed with saving. She decides to adopt McKennana as her live-in nanny, and this bold move unleashes unimagined and colorful waves of change into her life and community. [Film Arcade]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Cory Everett
    Jul 8, 2013
    83
    Afternoon Delight succeeds mainly because although the premise is broad, writer/director Jill Soloway is determined to keep it real.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    Sep 12, 2013
    75
    The results feel a little life lesson-y but also well-earned and well-observed, and Hahn takes advantage of a rare lead role to locate both the ugliness and beauty in her character.
  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Laremy Legel
    Aug 30, 2013
    65
    Afternoon Delight will both depress and engage an audience, usually just depending on the minute of the movie you find yourself watching.
  4. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Christy Lemire
    Aug 30, 2013
    50
    This cannot end well—we know this—but the major turn Afternoon Delight takes is jarring and irreparable.
  5. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    Sep 11, 2013
    50
    Afternoon Delight has many small pleasures but falls far short of reaching the G spot.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    Aug 29, 2013
    40
    Aiming to discomfort, the film ends up retreating.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Tomas Hachard
    Aug 26, 2013
    12
    Jill Soloway's film is dishonest in the way it attempts to mask self-pity as enlightened self-criticism.

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  1. MarcDoyle
    Sep 3, 2013
    8
    Kathryn Hahn is a force of nature she's the comedic and dramatic backbone of this movie, and she's truly incredible in it. On the other hand, the producers dropped the ball by casting Josh Radnor as her husband. He doesn't have the chops to share the screen with her. I was pleasantly surprised by Juno Temple, though the writers did give her a bit of the short shrift toward the end of the film. The rest of the female supporting cast is decent (with the exception of the always excellent
    Michaela Watkins) but again, it ultimately comes down to Hahn. She's simply a pleasure to watch in this film.    … Expand

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