After The Fall

There are a lot of parallels with “Breaking Bad” here: the Southwestern setting, the dorky husband turned criminal, the blond wife and the scene in the carwash. But if you can avoid dwelling on its derivative qualities, After the Fall has its own case to make about how far the middle class has fallen — and continues to slide.

Unfortunately Things People Do scuppers its own chances by having people do things we just don't ever, ever believe they would.

The movie's flaws — silly plotting and unconvincing psychological groundwork — are Klein's doing.

The basic story's narrative and psychological simplicity — characters stating their beliefs over and over again — becomes an increasing burden.

After the Fall belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments.

A film that could only succeed by sorting through gradually darkening shades of gray works exclusively in embarrassingly bold strokes.

There’s a rather disturbing sense of privilege in After the Fall. It can’t help but justify Ben’s actions by stacking the deck against the victims.