Afternoon Delight
Film Arcade | Release Date: August 30, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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60
EmpireAnna SmithMar 24, 2014
Six Feet Under scribe Jill Soloway offers a wry perspective on married life as Temple's stripper-with-a-heart is lobbed into this domestic yarn like a firecracker in an arms cache. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanAug 29, 2013
Kathryn Hahn gives an outstanding performance in what is ultimately a not-very-amazing movie. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenAug 29, 2013
Whether or not you wince, this meticulously acted movie, which won Ms. Soloway a directing award at the Sundance Film Festival, paints an accurate picture of how a segment of youngish, educated, affluent, white Americans converse. It is anything but inspiring. Read full review
60
Time OutMatt PatchesAug 27, 2013
Soloway mines her ensemble of funny ladies more for laughs than emotional insight, but Hahn breaks through it all; she’s the one who provides the glossy rumination with actual heart. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenSep 11, 2013
Afternoon Delight has many small pleasures but falls far short of reaching the G spot. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 6, 2013
Things play out in predictable fashion, and we’re more than ready to bid farewell to these people and feel grateful they don’t live on our block. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireAug 30, 2013
This cannot end well—we know this—but the major turn Afternoon Delight takes is jarring and irreparable. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAug 28, 2013
Alas, the film, which had at worst seemed unfocused (not a cardinal sin for a comedy), takes a bizarrely reactionary turn in the homestretch, undermining all of the goodwill Hahn had accumulated up to that point and turning her character into detestable yuppie scum. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenAug 29, 2013
Aiming to discomfort, the film ends up retreating. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerAug 27, 2013
A film whose themes are as neatly laid out as its characters' behavior is preposterous. Read full review
40
VarietyAlissa SimonJul 8, 2013
Although there are moments when it feels the plot might move in unexpected directions, in the end, the expected cliches reign. Read full review
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