After We're Over

This tightly focused study in a failed relationship needs no distractions to keep you interested. I don't remember any characters in this excellent film other than the former lovers. Their affection for each other is clear, but we're not sure whether there will be a reconnection until the very end (no spoilers). The dialogue is crucial in this sort of movie, and it's spot on. The direction, acting, and cinematography is so good that you don't notice it until after the film ends and you realize they nailed it without a false note. Watch this film so you can tell friends that you've been following the work of these creatives since before they got famous. I'll be very surprised if these actors and director don't have long, solid careers in film.

The performances are stunningly genuine. The story is incredibly relatable. The cinematography is epic. The score is beautiful. The editing is engrossing.

The movie explores the complexity of relationships, the baggage we bring to them, and the importance of self-love. As an architect, I adored the layering of St Louis's history, the impacts of redlining, and using our shared history to find individual paths forward. As a takeaway, I'm inspired to do more and take more for myself. I only have amazing reviews for After We're Over and need to plan a trip to St. Louis. Cause truly, where else can you find a bus hanging from a building?

I cannot overstate how much I enjoyed this film - from the script to the acting and the editing to the cinematography, every piece of this film worked. While there are really only two actors, the city of St. Louis takes up all the space the rest of an ensemble cast would occupy. Although this is a film about love, lost and found, that message of love transcends the boundaries of dialogue and is extended to the setting. Anyone who has been in a failed relationship or two will instantly identify and experience an immediate empathy for the protagonist(s) in this deeply human movie - I highly recommend!

Incredibly boring film. Slow pacing, little character development, stock cliché lines. It's like if you overheard the most boring, uninteresting, middle-class couple in a restaurant and decided to follow them around for an hour and 20 minutes and listen in on their inane conversation and superficial problems. The writer tries too hard to make their dialogue seem "natural", but it just gives the whole thing this uncanny/cringey feeling of overacting and drama.

It turns out the 'writer'/'director' is from St. Louis, so a lot of the film comes of as a way for him to show off the city, like everything is a big cameo of well-known St Louis places and cultural references, at the expense of any actual plot or narrative devices. That pretty much solves the mystery of how this won the "audience choice award" there; name drop any city enough and the residents will eat it up.

I loved following these two characters and seeing how their relationship and sense of self develops throughout the course of this film! The dialogue is very well written and had the perfect mix of fun and emotional moments. And the actors are so talented and had the attention of the audience the entire time as they made us go from laughing to smiling to tearing up. And the cinematography is very modern and impressive. I constantly was thinking "wow that's an amazing shot." And I love how much this movie showed us St. Louis-- a city I've never been to but now must visit! Overall, definitely check out this movie, it's a delight.