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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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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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

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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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EE D

Very cute movie, except some poor performance (like the barman) the movie feels like a cool nightmare or a fairy tell. Unfortunately Scorsese isn't Terry Gilliam so that's the best he could do

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Alexsander F

'Sound is fleeting—art lives forever!'

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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