What Happens Later

R

Released Nov 3, 2023

1 hr. 43 min.

Romance

Comedy

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70 Reviews

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Two ex lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.

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Critics Consensus

A pair of beloved stars and a refreshingly mature take on rom-com tropes are almost enough to overcome What Happens Later's increasingly cloying execution.

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Audience Consensus

Short on romance and comedy, What Happens Later will be a painful disappointment for many viewers who've been waiting for Meg Ryan's return to the genre.

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bob c

Love the story and love how real Meg and Davis make the story!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/23/23

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Facebook U

A waste of time and money!!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/21/23

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C Swalheim

This movie had no plot, the writing was awful, no humor, stupid, boring and probably one of the worst I have seen. Save your money. My friend and I fell asleep and even then it was too long.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Nancy P

Very well done. It was so touching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Page

Nothing like other Meg Ryans movies… we almost left theater sadly

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/15/23

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Tammy

Slow moving and boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/15/23

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Meg Ryan

Director

Meg Ryan

Willa

David Duchovny

Bill

Steven Dietz

Screenwriter

Kirk Lynn

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Meg Ryan

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Mark Kermode

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It's incredibly contrived and it really shouldn't work, but kind of does.

Jan 18, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Meg Ryan is back, in a rom-com! [...] And that idea, unfortunately, is as good as it gets.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 19, 2023

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Aims to be an adorably quirky romcom but plays out as such a surreally purgatorial ordeal that at one point I found myself wondering, Wait, are they actually dead? Am I? Is this what hell looks like?

Rated: 1/5

Dec 17, 2023

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John Serba

Decider

What Happens Later will not be tenable at all for anyone who’s too young to have seen Meg Ryan films in the theater during her rom-com peak. Its teeth are a little sharper for its target audience...

Mar 18, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

There’s a little bit of classic screwball/Nora Ephron style patter, undeniable star chemistry, and some of the magical and fantastical aspects of films like Prelude To A Kiss and Joe Versus The Volcano, which are some of my favorite Meg Ryan films.

Feb 13, 2024

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Christian Toto

HollywoodInToto.com

Meg Ryan, David Duchovny explore ultimate 'what if' in sporadically sweet yarn.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 20, 2024

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Synopsis

Two ex lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.

Director: Meg Ryan
Executive Producer: Kerri Elder, Blake Elder, Andrew Karpen, Kent Sanderson
Screenwriter: Steven Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Meg Ryan
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Prowess Pictures, Das Films, Rockhill Studios, Ten Acre Films
Rating: R (Brief Drug Use|Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 2023, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 28, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M

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