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  • 2018
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2018
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary What happens when you lose the foundation of your family? In the wake of a husband and father’s death, the family members he leaves behind find themselves adrift—and in danger of drifting apart—as they each try to find meaning in a world without the man who held them together. Mother Suzanne (Andie MacDowell) tentatively seeks companions...

Directed By: Russell Harbaugh

Written By: Eric Mendelsohn, Russell Harbaugh

  • 2018
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2018
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Love After Love

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
84
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary What happens when you lose the foundation of your family? In the wake of a husband and father’s death, the family members he leaves behind find themselves adrift—and in danger of drifting apart—as they each try to find meaning in a world without the man who held them together. Mother Suzanne (Andie MacDowell) tentatively seeks companions...

Directed By: Russell Harbaugh

Written By: Eric Mendelsohn, Russell Harbaugh

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
84
93% Positive
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
84
93% Positive
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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91
Mar 28, 2018
In its way, this small, handcrafted, and immaculately well-realized feature challenges the limited way that movies tend to depict loss.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 30, 2018
The performances could hardly be better — with the exception of O’Dowd, who’s good but maybe needed to find just one redeeming moment. (The writers could have helped.) As for Andie McDowell, I haven’t changed my thinking about her amateurish work in almost everything but "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," but I also see that with the right material her inward demeanor can be powerful.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
88
Apr 17, 2018
Love After Love meanders through richly observed and sometimes startlingly funny scenes, never attempting to force the drama. The richly drawn characters stumble toward healing in ways that are refreshingly honest.
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80
Mar 28, 2018
The cast is intoxicating.
By Sam Weisberg FULL REVIEW
80
Elegant and unsentimental, this is a minor-key, wintry ensemble piece with an emotional hold that sneaks up on you.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 29, 2018
In every scene, the film's cutting is dictated by the turbulent pace of the characters' inner lives.
By Carson Lund FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 19, 2018
The ways in which Love After Love is successful at portraying the grief process is also what makes it at times wildly unpleasant to watch.
By Barbara VanDenburgh FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.7
44% Positive
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
3 Ratings
22% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.7
44% Positive
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33% Mixed
3 Ratings
22% Negative
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Production Company Secret Engine, Weedon Media
Release Date Mar 30, 2018
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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