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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.
13 February 1960, Windsor, Vermont, USA
31 January 1980, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
4 December 1987, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
26 July 1979, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
April 02, 2018
Andie MacDowell [displays] one of the best performances of her career.
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.
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.
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.
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 27, 2018
The film is a bit messy at times, but considering the circumstances on screen, that seems appropriate.
April 17, 2018
An unflinching portrait of how grief can unravel a tightknit family in ways both banal and heart-wrenching.
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 05, 2018
Challenging, unflinching and deeply honest.
March 30, 2018
I found it a great masochistic experience.
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 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.

