Afternoon Delight

R

Released Aug 30, 2013

1 hr. 39 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

67%

81 Reviews

Tomatometer

41%

2,500+ Ratings

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A woman (Kathryn Hahn) takes her husband to a strip club to spice up their marriage. After she gets a private dance from a sexy blond dancer (Juno Temple), she invites the gal to work for her as a live-in nanny.

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Critics Consensus

Afternoon Delight's uncertain tone is entertainingly offset by smart dialogue and standout starring work from Kathryn Hahn.

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Pam L

Loved it from start to finish! All actors are great. More of a chick-flick

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Salty S

All star cast (temple, Hahn, curtain, Watkins) in a painfully slow and boring movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Joe S

The Female Gaze as seen by the film school 's star. Some bright lines, and a stunning set-piece where the women get drunk together and let 'rip. Otherwise, a smug evocation of sex issues for affluent women who lunch and their cypher husbands who are the sort of guys who call each other "Bro." Juno Temple, who plays McKenna, the heart-of-gold stripper/prostitute whom Kathryn Hahn's Rachael brings home as a do-good reform project, owns the movie with a heartbreaking performance that only underlines the through-line laid down by writer-director Joey Soloway that this is a movie about yuppies, conceived by people whose sentiments are always on the side of the house where the money is counted -- so working girls like McKenna being back on the streets is part of what's supposed to be a happy ending.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/17/23

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kevin c

Kathryn Hahn plays a dissatisfied woman in her marriage and decides to inject some spice into it by planning a night at a strip club with her husband and a few couples. Circumstances ensue where she invites a stripper played by Juno Temple to stay at their house leading to some unexpected situations. Really interesting and well performed film. Josh Radnor plays her husband.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Apparently the message is you can't save everyone and have to consider the consequences of your actions regardless of simple emotion. I found the story OK, but the interactions between the characters were not that authentic, seemed forced and stilted. Not my kind of movie. Decent but nothing tonwrite home about.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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scott m

Extremely wealthy but bored mother has mid-life crisis, so to spice things up, she let's a prostitute stay in her home. Very well acted movie by Katheryn Hahn. I enjoyed the movie because of her. Even if it is a cliched story. Juno Temple's character is a bit of a stretch though. No prostitute is that normal.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Joey Soloway

Director

Kathryn Hahn

Rachel

Juno Temple

McKenna

Josh Radnor

Jeff

Jane Lynch

Lenore

Jessica St. Clair

Stephanie

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Rachel Sklar

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I want to see more movies like this, by more women, with more women. That would be delightful.

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Claudia Puig

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As a first film, Afternoon Delight is worth exploring -- perhaps mostly to see what film Soloway does next.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 2, 2017

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Relaxed, intuitive performances from the top-notch ensemble cast pay dividends, with Hahn commandingly stressy in the central role, and Michaela Watkins impressively abrasive as neighbourhood organiser-in-chief.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 30, 2014

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It is worth seeing almost solely for Kathryn Hahn's conflicted yet luminous performance.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

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Nicholas Bell

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A sometimes successfully coordinated comedic vehicle that finally gives Kathryn Hahn a worthy leading role.

Aug 22, 2019

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Stephen O'Nion

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A little film with little to say - but what it does, it does with a refreshing conviction and winning performances.

Rated: 3/5

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Synopsis

A woman (Kathryn Hahn) takes her husband to a strip club to spice up their marriage. After she gets a private dance from a sexy blond dancer (Juno Temple), she invites the gal to work for her as a live-in nanny.

Director: Joey Soloway
Screenwriter: Joey Soloway
Distributor: The Film Arcade
Production Co: Whitewater Films, 72 Productions
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Language|Strong Graphic Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $174.5K

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