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After the Sunset
- Review Date: March 27, 2005
- PG-13
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 2004
Common Sense Media says
Unappealing characters and a dumb story. Skip it.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has some strong sexual references and situations for a PG-13. Characters drink, smoke, and use strong language. A character is a drug dealer. There is fighting and gunplay. Characters are shot, and one is killed. The main characters are jewel thieves and the story includes lying and betrayal. The movie is oddly homophobic, with humor built on misinterpreted situations. A strength of the movie is positive portrayals of female and minority characters and inter-racial relationships.
What's the story?
Max (Pierce Brosnan)and Lola (Salma Hayek) are master thieves with tons of panache and style, specializing in unbreakable alibis and sending champagne and hookers to the hapless FBI agent who has been chasing them for seven years. Max and Lola are blissfully retired to a beautiful Caribbean Island, preparing for their wedding. At least Lola is pretty blissful. Max is not adjusting quite as well. He hasn't managed to write his vows or find a hobby. And then come two arrivals -- that FBI agent (Woody Harrelson as Stan Lloyd) and the third Napoleon diamond, the only one Max and Lola haven't stolen ... yet. Max knows he shouldn't steal it. But the local crime boss (Don Cheadle) wants him to get it to finance his expansion. Max has never managed to find a hobby. And that unbeatable security system is just sitting there, asking to be beaten.
Is it any good?
AFTER THE SUNSET features two of the most glorious sights on earth -- Paradise Island and Salma Hayek in a bikini. Unfortunately, it keeps putting unappealing characters and a dumb story in front of them. Besides that, the jokes aren't funny, the romantic encounters are unpersuasive, the pacing sags and drags, and the characters get less appealing as each minute goes by. In one scene, for no possible logical reason, Max agrees to go out for a day of fishing with Stan. This provides an opportunity for a leaden episode about catching a shark that ends with Stan shooting it because it presents such a danger while it gasps for breath on the deck. The shark's misery has nothing on ours.
There is also an excruciating scene in which Stan and Max rub sunblock on each other's backs, which sends them into a homosexual panic, setting up an ugly situation later on when they end up in bed together (on the flimsiest of premises) and Stan's FBI colleagues draw the "wrong" conclusion. It's supposed to be funny that the crime boss talks about his work in humanitarian terms, "providing diversion for the underprivileged" with hookers and drugs as he pursues a vision of free love inspired by the songs of the Mamas and Papas. Nope. And it is supposed to be charming that Lola and the local law enforcement officer (Naomie Harris of 28 Days Later) trade compliments on a revolver and a pair of Chanel shoes. Not really.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about why Lola and Max had different attitudes toward retirement. Are you or aren't you the kind of person who enjoys watching a sunset? Why?
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dumb dumb dumb movie.
The worst spy movie I have ever seen so stupid a wast of good actors.
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couldn't even watch it on a plane
I can sit through almost anything to pass the time on a 6-hour flight. This one put me over the edge. I usually like the three main actors, but this was stupid beyond belief. Not recommended for kids OR their parents.
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Like CS says....Skip It! Not a good movie for adults or children.
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Too sexy
The female lead wears some very revealing tops, bikinis, bra/underwear. Another scene with women pole dancing in the background and women dressed in very skimpy bikinis walking with a male character. Sexual scenes. I would not let my children watch mostly because of that. Minor violence (some punches, etc. during break-ins).
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For your own sake, don't watch it
This movie was an utter disgrace. Clearly the film makers believed that their audience is hideously dense, because the entire film is composed of flat humor, unrealistic romances, and disjointed plot twists that only put the final nail in the coffin.
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Skip the Movie. It Sucks!
Rather pointless movie. Pretty much all sex.
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So So
Not great and a defienent R rating should acure.Overall this movie is I was so ticked when they put graphic sexuality/nudity/dialgoue in this film.
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| Studio: | New Line |
| Director: | Brett Ratner |
| Cast: | Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 100 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 12, 2004 |
| DVD release date: | March 29, 2005 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | sexuality, violence and language. |
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