... a lovely, low-key film about divorce and disappointment that, like the title suggests, leans on the how we pick things up in the aftermath.

| Nov 16, 2024

Kore-eda vividly explores the complexity of familial relations while touching gently upon the fundamental importance of treasuring small moments of happiness.

| Sep 14, 2020

One of Kore-eda's most emotionally poignant films and strongest familial dramas to date, After the Storm is an absolute pleasure.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2020

It's quiet, sweet, and surprisingly hopeful - just the sort of story you'd expect from Japanese maestro, Hirokazu Kore-eda.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 5, 2020

Koreeda, with meticulous formal control of the frame, makes an enriching observation about family ties and parental obligations. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 24, 2020

Taking on many Japanese social issues - divorce, unemployment, elderly care, albeit very subtly, After the Storm is another gentle family tale with great measured performances from everyone involved.

| Jul 17, 2020

The performances of After the Storm are indeed exceptional across the board, including pitch-perfect leading man Abe, as well as Maki, who distinguishes her bitter divorcée role with a crusty, steely impatience.

| May 2, 2019

This is the latest work of acclaimed director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose filmic signature is the subtle and small-scale character study in the tradition of the late Japanese film auteur Yasujiro Ozu.

| May 1, 2019

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda strikes gold yet again with this superlative and poetic portrait of another fractured family unit.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 3, 2019

Kore-eda directs in a manner that emphasizes performance over visual style, and the action seems set to the same casual rhythms as real life. But most importantly, he has empathy for his characters.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 21, 2019

[Kore-eda] knows how to give you a tonic for your soul when you most need it ... with scenes that are akin to granules of grace being fed piece by piece.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 10, 2018

It's arguably one of Koreeda's more schematic works, but this feels permissible when he's offering such an eloquent, almost literary, glance over his characters.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2018

It feels strangely trivial.

| Aug 8, 2018

Here there is no doubt characters have changed, but externally their behavior seems all but the same. The development is incremental and internalized.

| Jun 5, 2018

[Director Kore-eda Hirokazu's] work is no mere nostalgia act...

| Jun 5, 2018

A most satisfying sweet domestic comedy.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 5, 2018

As the storm winds down and dawn approaches, you deeply care - because you can't predict, and neither can they - whether these family members will learn to grow up, let go and move on.

| Dec 29, 2017

After the Storm brilliantly deconstructs this self-destructive cycle over time. It patiently strips away male delusions of grandeur and focuses intensely on the responsibility of being mindful.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 19, 2017

All of these build up to being more than the sum of its parts. For anyone, being compared to Ozu is daunting, but Kore-eda needn't be ashamed, not with efforts like "After the Storm."

| Dec 19, 2017

It's a quiet piece, but resonant in its humanity and hope.

| Dec 19, 2017