After the Sunset

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

An unalloyed delight, bright and breezy escapist fare that's pure entertainment, filled with romance, adventure, humor, action, suspense, beautiful scenery and beautiful people.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

After the Sunset is a mess, but it's a breezy, fun mess.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

A fun-in-the-sun heist caper that director Brett Ratner stages as if he were the activities director of a cruise ship.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

A marginally above average crime caper with one big plot twist that's pretty tough to believe but mildly interesting to consider.

Miami Herald Peter Debruge

Harrelson certainly proves an entertaining foil to Brosnan's more refined thief.

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Salma Hayek merrily struts off with most of Brett Ratner's wispy caper comedy.

Empire William Thomas

A lot of fun.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Skillfully made, but it's not necessary...On the other hand, should you see it, the time will pass pleasantly.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Though there are a few annoying moments when the actors get in the way of the scenery, mostly it succeeds.

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

Sizzles for a half-hour, then fizzles.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

It's silly adolescent stuff, but director Brett Ratner and screenwriters Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg serve it up gracefully.

USA Today Mike Clark

The movie grows progressively more routine in quarter-hour increments, eventually collapsing under the weight of its own insignificance.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Not unpleasant, but you've seen it all before.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

This indirect rehash of "To Catch a Thief" trades Hitchcockian shrewdness for the slickest kinds of Hollywood glitz, gloss, and vulgarity.

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The heist itself is almost dull, and the characters aren't half as colorful or interesting as they need to be.

Variety Todd McCarthy

While After the Sunset is never exactly dull and is smartly cut to a brief running time, it never quickens the pulse.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

The movie is a misfire.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

A jewel-heist frolic so stale it feels like a retread of a retread.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

A caper comedy without chemistry is just a bunch of waiting around for something to get stolen.

LA Weekly David Chute

Instantly forgettable caper comedy.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

The kind of glossy, Hollywood-forged waste of time that would depress even the most happily lackadaisical retiree.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

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.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

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.

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

Simultaneously boring and cringe-inducing; you can't decide whether to flee the theater or lightly nap.

Washington Post Jen Chaney

A purported heist flick that sucks all the style out of stealing.

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

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.

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

It's strung together, with cliches instead of puka shells.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

A movie utterly devoid of wit , excitement and any reason for being.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

The true crime is the eight bucks the filmmakers want to steal from you. Best advice: Don't let them get away with it.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

The man behind the "Rush Hour" franchise proves that dropping sly nods in Alfred Hitchcock's direction does not necessarily a fine caper make.

Village Voice Jorge Morales

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.