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After Hours

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In a Manhattan cafe, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy's downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.
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Bursting with frantic energy and tinged with black humor, After Hours is a masterful -- and often overlooked -- detour in Martin Scorsese's filmography.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian It’s a shaggy dog story leading to a punchline, of sorts, but one that feels woozy and illusory; it is not like a nightmare exactly, but a strange dream that’s difficult to shake on waking. Rated: 4/5 Mar 20, 2024 Full Review Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine Martin Scorsese’s After Hours mines urban anxiety to unsettling yet often hilarious effect. Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Christy Lemire ChristyLemire.com It might not make any sense. It might not even matter. But it's a blast while it lasts, and it brings the most perfect of endings along with the sunrise. Rated: 3/4 Apr 9, 2018 Full Review Julian Singleton Cinapse What truly sets After Hours apart in Scorsese’s filmography is how much the film is defined by its whimsically grim sense of humor. Jul 11, 2025 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an exceedingly (and occasionally excessively) oddball comedy that is, for the most part, completely watchable from start to finish... Rated: 3/4 Jun 23, 2024 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk After Hours is hallucinatory: lit with the clarity of a nightmare and bursting with such surreal details as a cashier who pirouettes as he takes your check and a crescent of mousetraps guarding the bed of a demented cocktail waitress. Mar 24, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Melissa L Very highly rated on IMDB and RT...I have no idea why. It's disjointed and weird, and the ending wasn't great, either. I don't recommend seeing it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Max W This felt like an odyssey. The movie conveys this surreal sort of feeling you don't get much anymore. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Brandon S I mean...the cast is impressive, the cinematography is striking at times, but this movie is pretty boring and (for an apparent comedy) is not funny... frustratingly annoying, sure, but not funny. Yuppie with only $20 bucks to his name tries to get back home after getting cold feet with a woman throwing herself at him. I just saved you 90 mins. I was hoping it would turn into a thriller/horror as it seemed to be planting the seeds for that being the climax, but it's just such a slog. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 37 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $10,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Helene S really intriguing movie, lots of fun to watch. plays out like a dream sequence. well worth a watch, can't believe i hven't heard of it until now Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review Will G A great film. It takes place in New York. An actress from “Home Alone” is in it. The actor goes to a night club in the end. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In a Manhattan cafe, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy's downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Robert F. Colesberry, Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
The Geffen Company
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.9M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Mono
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