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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWe can enjoy the suspense of the opening scenes, and some of the drama. The performances are in keeping with the material. But toward the end, when we realize that the entire reality of the film is problematical, there is a certain impatience. It's as if our chain is being yanked.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThis is one case where there’s more life in the morgue than out.
- 60VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryThe potent imagery never meshes with narrative logic in Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's first feature, promising more than it can deliver.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNeeson's performance is so eerie, in a buttoned-down sort of way.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsClean, precise and terribly sullen, After.Life is like its female protagonist. It feels stuck between worlds, or genres.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumRequires Neeson to stare coldly and talk to corpses, but Ricci has the greater dramatic challenge: She has to operate, unfazed, in close-up nakedness much of the time.
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasCaught in a pretentious no-man’s land between horror and melodrama.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceSomewhere in Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's awkward debut feature is a macabre and almost quaint Gothic mystery begging to be left alone.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOne hates to say it, but after this and "Black Snake Moan," it might be time for the talented actress (Ricci) to keep her clothes on.
- 25Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezA movie as annoying as its oddly punctuated title, After.Life is a misguided and empty-headed attempt at psychological horror that succeeds only at talking the viewer to death.