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Afterglow

Play trailer Poster for Afterglow R,  1997,  1h 53m,  Romance/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 30 Reviews Tomatometer 49% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 49% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
The appropriately named Lucky Mann (Nick Nolte) is a contractor equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest lonely housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle), childless and unhappy with her marriage to business-obsessed Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller). When Jeffrey coincidentally becomes enraptured by Lucky's wife, the fading former starlet Phyllis (Julie Christie), the four get caught in a tangled-up love quadrangle that reignites their tired marriages.

Critics Reviews

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Sep 2, 2019
The actors deliver their lines with stark and declamatory fervor, and their gestures have a sharp, sculptural stillness that's reminiscent of the grand artifices of classic-Hollywood productions. Go to Full Review
Mike Clark USA Today Jan 9, 2018
2.5/4
Like Tiffany jewels in a Woolworth setting, talented veterans Julie Christie and Nick Nolte outshine Alan Rudolph's mediocre film Afterglow. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy Variety Dec 18, 2005
3/4
The still strkingly beautiful Julie Christie renders such as glowing performance that she alone justifies viewing this incurable, frivolous romantic serio-comedy in which she plays B-Movie actress! Go to Full Review
Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Jan 7, 2023
3/4
Afterglow, while occasionally an entertaining movie, focuses too much on sex and not enough on character. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Oct 20, 2007
3/5
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Dec 29, 2006
2/4
Alan Rudolph's romantic roundelay sounds a lot more interesting than it plays. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Alan Rudolph

Director

Julie Christie

Phyllis Mann

Nick Nolte

Lucky Mann

Lara Flynn Boyle

Marianne Byron

Jonny Lee Miller

Jeffrey Byron

Jay Underwood

Donald Duncan

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Afterglow

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Movie Info

Synopsis The appropriately named Lucky Mann (Nick Nolte) is a contractor equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest lonely housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle), childless and unhappy with her marriage to business-obsessed Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller). When Jeffrey coincidentally becomes enraptured by Lucky's wife, the fading former starlet Phyllis (Julie Christie), the four get caught in a tangled-up love quadrangle that reignites their tired marriages.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Producer
Robert Altman
Screenwriter
Alan Rudolph
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Moonstone Entertainment, Sandcastle 5 Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 26, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.5M
Runtime
1h 53m
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