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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 companionship-but her attempts at dating only drive a wedge between her and older son Nicholas (Chris O'Dowd), whose own relationship with his girlfriend is disintegrating. Meanwhile, younger son Chris (James Adomian) deals with grief in his own complicated-and increasingly worrying-way. What plays out between the trio is a beautifully observed, powerfully emotional journey that speaks to the strength of family ties.
Rating
NR
Director
Russell Harbaugh
Studio
IFC Films
Writer
Russell Harbaugh, Eric Mendelsohn
- Amazingly detailed emotions, characters, directing, and acting. Andie McDowell is so great in this.Reply
- For all the outstanding performances, the movie is not successful as a whole. It is like the audience is privy to a compilation of all the awkward private moments in a Family's grieving process. it's a reflection of life and truth, certainly, but do we really want to be there? I wouldn't call the ending scene artsy or subtle--just tasteless--for anyone who has lost a loved one.Reply
- The film is a bit messy at times, but considering the circumstances on screen, that seems appropriate.Reply
- The story of Love After Love is one of grieving, and it's about that process in a specific, particularly sad sort of way.Reply
- It's a film intentionally adrift, rambling between a loose succession of family gatherings and dinner parties with subdued style, the camera feeling like just another person at the edge of the room.Reply
- An unflinching portrait of how grief can unravel a tightknit family in ways both banal and heart-wrenching.Reply
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- First-time director Russell Harbaugh presents grief as it is, in all its pain and ugliness, rather than using the convenient, uplifting short-hand that Hollywood prefers.Reply
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- This first-time feature from writer/director Russell Harbaugh has an understated, intimate, pointillist style, with a cool jazz score that matches its improvisational tone.Reply
- Central to the film's vision of love and loss is a certain realism marked by unshowy performances, un-stagy mise-en-scène, and eye-level, frequently handheld camerawork.Reply
- Writer-director Russell Harbaugh's Love After Love is a remarkably cool-headed, composed piece of work.Reply
- Intimate, brittle tale of a family quietly spinning apart after the death of the patriarch.Reply