After Earth

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After Earth

PG-13,

2013,

1h 40m,

Sci-Fi/

Adventure/

Action

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12%

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People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.

Critics Consensus

After Earth is a dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi -- and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 5, 2017

2/5

Preachy, draggingly directed by M Night Shyamalan and just not much fun.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

Apr 17, 2015

C

After Earth unfortunately still finds M. Night Shyamalan plodding through another dull, lifeless movie.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

May 2, 2014

1/5

The effects are second-hand stuff from Alien and Star Trek, spliced with Shyamalan's regular homilies on Personal Growth.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Sep 6, 2022

1/4

Regardless of the potential here, a neutral, lifeless tone prevails over every aspect, from the direction to the acting to the special FX, but especially the dull script by M. Night Shyamalan and Gary Whitta.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 19, 2022

1.5/5

“After Earth” is a sleep-inducing bore that hasn’t the material or performances to rise above its faults.

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

Feb 11, 2022

This film is sometimes-brutal survival flick that doubles as a closet-clearing of emotion for a critically injured father and his petrified son.

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Luke W

Apr 25, 2019

I don't understand why this movie received such low ratings. Probably my favorite WIll Smith movie. The young Smith's acting is questionable but he has potential. I can watch After Earth any given night.

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Draco S

Apr 9, 2019

5 mins into it pretty crappy. Watch it for a laugh. Will Smith's kid always looks like he's going to cry or pee his pants. The acting is so wooden. Funny the take a knee thing maybe Kaepernick got it from watching this movie. Glad I got it from the library for free. The dialogue is so bad who wrote this crap. Enough said...the end credits list story by Will Smith. I have to watch it again it's so bad that it's funny.

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Luke S

Apr 2, 2019

It could've been something, but it came out as dreadful. The plot could have worked, but the execution was botched from the start. Filled with ideas that don't make any sense. Will Smith is an explosive actor who's character is deflated to being as interesting as watching paint dry. While Jaden Smith gives a Razzie worthy performance; bad and cringe-worthy. The story, pacing, and writing are bland at best and atrocious at its worst. The effects were just generic. But it wasn't enough to distract us from the horrendous dialogue, acting, and severe lack of emotion we got. Its B.A.D, bad.

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Mar 8, 2019

Maybe I am just odd, but I did not think this movie was all that bad.

Abraham G

Feb 24, 2019

Jaden Smith could do better, but the story, however out there was ok

Feb 9, 2019

C'mon, this has got to be the one of the worst mis-rated films out here. I just can't believe the very low tomato rating it has. It's very good as a sci-fi film, it's excellent as an action and adventure flick and since I saw it with my 11-yr old, I love it as a father-and-son flick out there. I would rate this movie in the upper 90s out of a hundred.

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M. Night Shyamalan

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Jaden Smith

Kitai Raige

Will Smith

Cypher Raige

Sophie Okonedo

Faia Raige

Zoë Kravitz

Senshi Raige

Glenn Morshower

Commander Velan

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Synopsis

People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Caleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter, M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Sony Pictures Television, Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures, Relativity Media
Rating: PG-13 (Some Disturbing Images|Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 31, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.5M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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