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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIn its way, this small, handcrafted, and immaculately well-realized feature challenges the limited way that movies tend to depict loss.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisElegantly shot on film by Chris Teague, the movie feels unforced and at times shockingly authentic, allowing its emotions to percolate and rise of their own volition.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe performances could hardly be better — with the exception of O’Dowd, who’s good but maybe needed to find just one redeeming moment. (The writers could have helped.) As for Andie McDowell, I haven’t changed my thinking about her amateurish work in almost everything but "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," but I also see that with the right material her inward demeanor can be powerful.
- 88RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThis first-time feature from writer/director Russell Harbaugh has an understated, intimate, pointillist style, with a cool jazz score that matches its improvisational tone.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyElegant and unsentimental, this is a minor-key, wintry ensemble piece with an emotional hold that sneaks up on you.
- 80VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerBolstered by superb lead turns from Chris O’Dowd and Andie MacDowell, as well as a formal structure that enhances the roiling emotions propelling its characters into a downward spiral, Love After Love is an assured debut feature that announces its writer-director as a formidable new American indie voice
- 80Village VoiceSam WeisbergVillage VoiceSam WeisbergThe cast is intoxicating.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreCo-writer/director Russell Harbaugh has created a chamber tragedy, intimate in its dimensions, devastating in the damage we see spiral out of that one death.
- 75Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundIn every scene, the film's cutting is dictated by the turbulent pace of the characters' inner lives.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFirst-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.