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Love After Love
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.
4 December 1987, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
9 October 1979, Sligo, Ireland
21 April 1958, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
26 July 1979, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
13 February 1960, Windsor, Vermont, USA
31 January 1980, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
April 26, 2018
The story of Love After Love is one of grieving, and it's about that process in a specific, particularly sad sort of way.April 17, 2018
An unflinching portrait of how grief can unravel a tightknit family in ways both banal and heart-wrenching.March 30, 2018
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.April 25, 2018
Maybe the most damaging factor is that [director Russ] Harbaugh does nothing to establish that the paterfamilias, first seen in reasonably good health at a family gathering, is such an emotional touchstone to his wife and sons.April 27, 2018
I wish the pieces of Harbaugh's domestic jigsaw fit more elegantly together. Sometimes, it seems as if he's tripping into scenes the way a person might stumble into a darkened room before turning on the light.April 19, 2018
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.April 05, 2018
Challenging, unflinching and deeply honest.April 27, 2018
The film is a bit messy at times, but considering the circumstances on screen, that seems appropriate.April 02, 2018
Andie MacDowell [displays] one of the best performances of her career.March 30, 2018
I found it a great masochistic experience.April 02, 2018
Yet this movie, for all its laudable aspects, left me wanting for more, a personally frustrating turn of events to say the least.March 30, 2018
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.