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After Louie
After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
19 April 1948, Syracuse, New York, USA
26 October 1960, Brooklyn, New York, USA
9 January 1989, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 June 1963, Edgewood, Maryland, USA
March 27, 2018
Even though the film has a plodding pace there are flashes of honesty and brilliance that make this film worth a passive look.
June 26, 2017
While it's well-intentioned to a fault, and driven by deep convictions, the film also is diffuse, lethargically paced and short on thematic trenchancy, building powerful individual moments but seldom sustaining a compelling narrative thread.
July 26, 2017
While After Louie might not always approach its content in a subtle way, the film's passion, insights and feeling frequently hit home regardless.
December 19, 2017
But the film is overstuffed with messages that, while important, are imparted in a didactic fashion. At least Cumming's poignant turn as Sam helps the film over its rough moments.
March 28, 2018
Its subject matter is interesting, and it's right to remind viewers of the need for different generations of queer people to communicate, but After Louie is burdened by narrative and dialogue clichés that undermine its emotional appeal.
June 29, 2017
Sam isn't particularly likable, but Cumming plays him with great empathy, finding a broken, complicated man beneath the abrasive surface.
September 21, 2017
... a valuable meditation on generational differences, particularly between gay men who lived through the worst years of the AIDS crisis and those who came of age afterward.
March 28, 2018
Cumming is spectacular.
March 29, 2018
Some stronger filmmaking would be welcome, sure, but "After Louie" has an honesty that's often just as valuable.
March 27, 2018
As an actor, [Zachary] Booth can't quite keep up with [Alan] Cumming, but Braeden is likable in ways that the cynical Sam is not, so it evens out in the end.

