The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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After.Life
Drama · Horror · Mystery · 2009
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
Movie details
After.Life
“Life is the symptom. Death is the cure.”
2009 Drama · Horror · Mystery 1h 43m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over After.Life?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Written by
Paul Vosloo · Jakub Korolczuk · Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Christina Ricci
Anna Taylor
Liam Neeson
Eliot Deacon
Justin Long
Paul
Chandler Canterbury
Jack
Josh Charles
Tom Peterson
Celia Weston
Beatrice Taylor
Shuler Hensley
Vincent Miller
Court is in session
Put After.Life on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.