After Hours

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After Hours

R

Released Oct 11, 1985

1h 37m

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Martin Scorsese’s After Hours mines urban anxiety to unsettling yet often hilarious effect.

Jul 20, 2023

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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

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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

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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

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

Charming as well as exasperating; fun and tragic. [Full review in Spanish]

Mar 6, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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Jarvis E

I see this movie once a year. If you live in a city it makes you feel like you know NY as if you were there.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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Mason M

I'm usually not the biggest fan of Scorsese's pictures, but I think this is an amazing picture. This film enthralled me and successfully kept me stuck in its world with the characters, and was just immensely entertaining. The writing was exceptional here, the characters are all very interesting and the stories the characters told and the dialogue was spectacularly written. Beautifully shot, written, acted, and executed, After Hours is an extremely entertaining film that I enjoyed very much.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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I have no idea what these people were watching. I love Scorsese but this movie was awful. Weird and nonsensical. Understand that it is 2025 and I'm watching for the first time but I can take myself back to when it was made so being dated isn't the issue. It's easily my least fav of his and I have all of his. I won't be keeping this in my collection, even to just complete it. It feels like a movie s person who just graduated from film school would make. Real experimental with more misses than hits. I also didn't find it funny. Not even once. I think these people are mistaking nonsense for dark humor. I say= go ahead and watch it, if you are a fan of his, but it's quite a stretch to think you'll like it in any way.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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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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