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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Kate’s (Portia Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she is a bright new talent, Kate can’t get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell, a retail guru who markets clothes “inspired” by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos? Reluctantly, Kate joins the fa...

Directed By: Sean Garrity

Written By: Jason Sherman, Kate Melville, Lana Griffin, Katie Ford, Diane Flacks, Albert Howell, Rob Stefaniuk, Sarah Constible

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

After the Ball

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Kate’s (Portia Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she is a bright new talent, Kate can’t get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell, a retail guru who markets clothes “inspired” by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos? Reluctantly, Kate joins the fa...

Directed By: Sean Garrity

Written By: Jason Sherman, Kate Melville, Lana Griffin, Katie Ford, Diane Flacks, Albert Howell, Rob Stefaniuk, Sarah Constible

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Negative
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75
Apr 23, 2015
Titular ball scene, fancy dress makeover and lost stiletto shoe notwithstanding, the chaste nominal romance is less interesting than the fun, family-friendly Shakespearean shenanigans are.
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40
Apr 23, 2015
This basic-cable-quality farce is as unobjectionable as it is unmemorable.
By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW
38
Apr 21, 2015
A frothy little nothing of a Canadian updating of “Cinderella” set in the Canadian fashion industry. But the shoe doesn’t quite fit in this slow-footed farce, a vehicle for pretty blonde Portia Doubleday (“Youth in Revolt”).
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 30, 2015
Featuring enough stereotypical characterizations and situations to fuel a dozen artificial rom-coms, After the Ball pretty much drops the ball in every aspect.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 22, 2015
After The Ball commits its most garish faux pas in rooting its plot in the thorny politics of high fashion, despite an apparent lack of any understanding of how the business works.
By Charles Bramesco FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Myriad Pictures, Pacific Northwest Pictures, TVA Films, Martinelli Films, Don Carmody Productions, Jane Silverstone Segal Productions
Release Date Apr 24, 2015
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.crave.ca/movies/after-the-ball-53413
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