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Almost painful to sit through. Story could be condensed into a minute long, bad dialog spaced out with awful montages. Predictable and very very very cringy.

Just another typical run of the mill love story. This could have been played out as another Nicolas Sparks novel but it wasn't even up to par with his standard.

I was entertained by this movie. However, Tessa is kind of a terrible person in this movie. She has a great boyfriend who loves and cares for her, but she cheats on him because a British dude touches her hand and takes her swimming? It's hard to root for their love when the whole time I'm stuck on how she broke Noah's heart and never got the comeuppance she deserved

The fact that this movie won 3 Teen Choice Awards is seriously disturbing. Is this the kind of movie we want to promote to the female teen audience? Bad boy just needs a good woman to tame him. NO! This is a toxic relationship, and we need to stop promoting it! So many teen movies have this at the core and it's sending the wrong message. This is not what a good and healthy relationship looks like. This is what you RUN from. Ladies, you're not responsible for "fixing" a man.

My wife and I watched this at home on BluRay, while it contains nothing particularly novel it is a mostly well written and well acted story.

A few years ago this website, IMDb, was pretty useful. Not so much now that "reviewers" are allowed to write one-sentence non-reviews and give a movie a "1" or a "10" rating for no good reasons. This movie is neither of those two extremes, and if you ignore the highest and lowest votes, the vast middle set of votes show it to be about a "6" which is appropriate when you compare it to other movies of similar themes.

Already done many times, a good student goes to college only to be exposed to lots of things that surprise her, and in the process meets a boy that by all reason she should stay away from but his magnetic personality draws her in. When it is all done she sees the world in a different way, this is her "after" the experiences.

Josephine Langford, a young and pretty Australian actress, is very good in the role. We watch, we know we have seen it all before, but it is still interesting to see where it goes. Not a superb movie but not trash either, a decent watch for those who enjoy an interesting college romance story.

"The Great Gatsby, it's a good book." That is how stereotypical 'After' gets. (AND that statement is so not true.) However, it's a good mix of cliché. It still works: romantic vibes, fluttering heart, and sexual chemistry between a couple. Amplified sound of touching skin escalates passionate and erotic emotions of viewers. Most importantly (in romance films), chemistry is there between two actors. I want to compliment Langford and Tiffin on their decent performance as leading roles for the first time.

The teen angst is so over played and corney. My eyes hurt and my ears are needing from the corn fest. Normally I'd like abit if corniness but this is beyond what I'd tolerate.

Josephine the girl who plays the lead role is the main reason to watch this average romantic drama which without Josephine would be boring as hell if u exclude last half an hour or so but Josephine and her chemistry with the the guy who played the other main role makes this movie worth of your time. thank god we finally got something worth of a scenario twist in last 20 minutes and the movie ended strong but at the end Josephine is the reason to watch this film.

I cringed every 5 seconds most forced writing and interactions I've ever seen in my life It will literally make no sense to anyone who's never read the novels, you'll want to gauche your eyes out

I personally loved this movie. It's beautifully shot and the actors have an amazing chemistry. I read the books back in 2014 and the author herself said that the movie is going to be different since you can't really fit a 400 pages book in 100 minutes. The changes that they made were necessary in my opinion and I prefer the "softer" Hardin from the movie. The movie has a great message and shouldn't be getting so much hate just because it's not exactly like the books. 10/10 from me. Hoping for a second one! People should watch it with an open mind.

After is the kind of film that could have gone horribly wrong. Well, it had all the ingredients - good girl, bad girls, brooding mysterious college hottie, wannabe college teens sporting nose piercings & tattoos, dysfunctional families & broken marriages..the list will go on. But what trumps all of this the heavyduty emotional texture of the film. The intense romance that develops between Tessa and Hardin in a conventional yet very mystical way. There are not many twists and the narrative is simple. However, it hoodwinks you into feeling that something really uncanny will happen - whether or not it does, is for you to find out. Makeout scenes are aplenty but none OTT. They are aesthetic and complimentary to the storytelling. Director Jenny Gage handles that well with his young, good looking actors keeping their next-door image intact. Audience will relate with their characters and root for both of them. Pace is slow but consistent with moments that will stay with you. Overall, AFTER is the kind of college romance everyone hopes for - it's got love, lust and heartbreak in equal measure!

Slow, boring and predictable, it's a complete waste of time.

Two people meet in college, fall in love very fast and then for the rest of the movie you watch them making out. The "plot twist" isn't even a twist. The book(s) are incredibly gripping, I don't understand why they had to tone the plot down this much. The movie should have been 18+, it feels like it's 12-.

I went to see this film with my hopes high since I have read the books multiple times and I absolutely loved them. Well, I got really disappointed. If you have read the books, you're going to be really disappointed as well. If you haven't, you will not understand the story, since the action is overall really quick, so you don't really understand the scenes or why they are even there. It is boring because 90% of the film nothing much different happens, most of the times is just music playing and Tessa and Hardin kissing and making out. The dialogues are weak, they barely even talk, and if they do, is just hi and how are you. Basically, the characters met and 5 seconds later are already declaring eternal love. No sense at all. The storyline is poor and doesn't respect the film at all. For me, the film killed the book. I feel like the characters didn't show much emotion. Hardin I just didn't feel the vibe. He is really superficial and his personality is just neutral.

PLEASE GO SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO WATCH SOMETHING BETTER

How many times has this film been done before? CW, CBS, Lifetime and all others cable networks as well have done this engilsh accent male role to give the lead guy some edge, as if engilsh accents makes a guy more attractive (ridiculous) and a simple American college girl fallen for the guy and finding out he's the type that goes on shooter sprees on college campuses. Lame, lame and more lame. This films only endorse white college student stupidity nothing more.

8/10 - this one was a little..okay...very cliché, but I would be lying if I said I didn't find this thoroughly entertaining

Holy crap this was the most garbage cliche movie ever. The main character Tessa who is not like other girls bc i study meets Hardin who is a bad boy but he like literature and is really rapey like really. The acting is dry and worse than aNY porno I have ever seen. If u want to watch this i suggest you watch 50 shades instead because at least it's graphic enough to distract you from the garbage plot. The plot was so bad and all the "dramatic" part made me and my friends laugh so hard. We laughed at a lot of inappropriate times like I could sense those angsty teen girl glares. This was a waste of money and time and I would rather bang my head against the wall for 2 hrs than watch it again. I would rather get lead poisoning from drinking paint and then proceed to drink a puddle in the parking lot of a taco bell.

After reading the novel I expected alot from this movie. It's true that you cannot make the entire novel into a movie. But the important scenes which happened should have been there. Everything happened so fast in the movie. Characters are so good but the plot is really not happening.

We died laughing in the cinema, because it was so ridiculousy predictable and stupid. Don't spend your money or time. I am telling you, no!

I may be bias because I read and loved the books but it was a great movie. Just like any indie movie just starting out, it has its flaws. I felt because I read the book I noticed how rushed it was and all the changes but it wasnt that bad. The chemistry is amazing, the actors were great and it brought me back to when I watched you drive me crazy, shes all that and cruel intentions. Definitely gave me that throwback vibe and cult classic.

Female in her 30s here. I actually put off watching this for months because of the poor ratings. Never read the novel, so no idea if it's true to the novel.

For me, it was definitely a sexy and dark romantic drama. Remembering when I was a teenager and feeling those feelings of falling for bad boys.

After, did this well. The main female character is somewhat shy, inexperienced and starts college whilst in a longterm relationship with a sweet 17 year old who's more like her friend than her boyfriend.

She then meets the sexy, intriguing but damaged Hardin, who doesn't date, he just wants one thing. She tries to keep away, but finds herself drawn to Hardin like forbidden fruit.

What unfolds is passion, lust and something wicked.

I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the 2nd installment next year. Not really sure why the movie has been met with such criticism and low ratings. Langford does an excellent job, but I don't think that the lead actor brought much chemistry to the story. Yes he is sexy and dark, but acting and chemistry wise, that was the only let down for me.

Turn on Netflix and enjoy this sexy coming of age romance.

Clearly NO ONE involved in this movie read the books! The only thing they got right was the characters names! That's it. It was a completely different story than the book. There was absolutely no chemistry between the characters. I've seen more passion in a Hallmark movie. Seriously, don't waste your money or time.