So this is an indie movie. It isn't here to entertain you, it's aim is to illustrate life through art. You probably won't like the characters. You probably won't like that there is not a neat ending. This is tragedy explored through film. It is real and painful to watch, as a failed marriage often is. There is a scene where the friends of the ex-couple sit on, awkwardly, at a dinner party as cruel words and fighting breakout between the couple- and that is a good metaphor for the viewer's experience. It isn't pleasant, but it is real. This is life shown through art. And, in some ways, it feels a lot like what the recent and much talked about Marriage Story could have been, had that film been less permeated in the whimsical and humorous tone that made the film so palatable, despite the sad subject matter. I think this film shows a tragic part of life in a way that is important for the viewer to think about.
Review of After Love
