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- 1985
- R
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1985
- R
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By: Joseph Minion
- 1985
- R
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1985
- R
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By: Joseph Minion
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
89
89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This unpredictable and hilarious paranoid fantasy is a contemporary, urban "Wizard of Oz," peopled by punk artists and Yuppie vigilantes instead of wicked witches and Munchkins. [5 Sep 1985, p.1]
Martin Scorsese’s take on NYC puts a hip spin on Joe Minion’s cleverly constructed nightmare.
A wickedly funny black comedy that follows the increasingly bizarre series of events that befall hapless word-processer Griffin Dunne after he ventures out of his apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and goes downtown in search of carnal pleasures.
After Hours is a brilliant film that is so original, so particular, that we are uncertain from moment to moment exactly how to respond to it. The style of the film creates, in us, the same feeling that the events in the film create in the hero. Interesting.
After Hours is a caffeinated black comedy with an emphasis on speed. With a small crew and a tight shooting schedule, Scorsese transformed limited means into a staccato burst of creative energy, playing up the extreme paranoia and frustration of a data processor stranded in Soho.
The cinema of paranoia and persecution reaches an apogee in After Hours, a nightmarish black comedy from Martin Scorsese. Anxiety-ridden picture would have been pretty funny if it didn't play like a confirmation of everyone's worst fears about contemporary urban life.
After Hours is not, ultimately, a satisfying film, but it's often vigorously unsettling.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
