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In Theaters Now
- 2025
- R
- Amazon MGM Studios
- 2 h 18 m
- 2025
- R
- Amazon MGM Studios
- 2 h 18 m
Summary A college professor (Julia Roberts) finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light.
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Written By: Nora Garrett
In Theaters Now
- 2025
- R
- Amazon MGM Studios
- 2 h 18 m
- 2025
- R
- Amazon MGM Studios
- 2 h 18 m
After the Hunt
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Summary A college professor (Julia Roberts) finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light.
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Written By: Nora Garrett
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 41 Critic Reviews
52
34% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
59% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
7% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 41 Critic Reviews
52
34% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
59% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
7% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Aug 29, 2025
Guadagnino is also on the form of his life, directing with assured style and structure, and offering a lovely closing device that asks us to relax, calm down and remember that it’s all just playtime.
Oct 16, 2025
Guadagnino’s film feels small and overwrought in comparison; satisfied to drag things out within the bubble of faux academia (and cinephilia, with a pointed nod in Woody Allen’s direction). But it does have its pleasures, specifically where the actors speak less and make us feel so much more in performance and action.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 54 User Ratings
6.1
52% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
30% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
19% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 54 User Ratings
6.1
52% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
30% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
19% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Oct 10, 2025
This is a complex and multi-faceted look at allegations, gender dynamics , campus politics , and how people can’t just presume matters based on gender or one viewpoint. Reminder that Alma nor the audience knows who is guilty or what actually happened . Julia Roberts gives a great performance and I wish people were more open minded instead of focusing on one sided agendas . The film also has a great original score and suspense
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Sep 25, 2025
Centering around a stoic woman who elbowed her way to the top of her field in a world of men in tweed suits, only for it all to be put at risk, the plot has heavy shades of 2022’s “Tar,” which is a much better movie.
Sep 29, 2025
Affords Julia Roberts with her best part in years as a professor whose role in a burgeoning scandal threatens to expose her deep, dark (related) secrets. She’s not enough, however, to make this wannabe-conversation starter coherent, much less insightful.
Aug 29, 2025
As riveting as she is, Roberts ultimately is ill-served by a film so studiously cryptic that it ends up just frustrating. To be fair, there are several electric confrontations, distributed evenly enough to ensure that After the Hunt remains absorbing. But even so, this is a date movie to be used in relationship sabotage maneuvers.
Oct 9, 2025
He’s made a mystery with no curiosity, a cautionary tale with no good advice. It’s unclear if Guadagnino’s elites believe their moral arguments don’t apply to themselves or if they’re just stupid — or if the script makes them do stupid things to keep the audience off guard. Regardless, raise a glass of Pinot anytime someone says “This was a mistake.”
Oct 9, 2025
It takes a lot of hard work and the perfect alignment of movie stars to make something this god-awful.
Oct 25, 2025
Fascinating and frightening. It reminded me a little bit of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?’, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and a 1960’s domestic drama. Interesting exploration of the psychology of a delicate and manipulative millennial and the flawed personalities of three Generation X characters. The problem between the generations, summed up in words towards the end, ‘you won’, as if life is as meaningless as a game
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Oct 20, 2025
Mileage will definitely very depending on your interest in the subject matter. Brilliantly acted and staged. The reason I am generally favorable is because it puttered along a little bit slower than I would’ve liked! But it really did make me think.
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Oct 17, 2025
Julia Roberts plays against her usual big-smile persona as a college professor with issues. Things get worse when her good friend, fellow teacher (Andrew Garflield) is accused of impropriety by a promising student (Ayo Edebiri). Being that this is set at Yale and they’re in the philosophy department, you can expect occasional theoretical discussions, including a debate about the expectations of today’s youth culture. Otherwise, director Luca Guadagnino’s assured hand allows the cast to create exceptional performances (and Chloë Sevigny gets a funky wig for her small part). On the other hand, the intellectual banter and sometimes rambling story dilutes the potential to make this as effective as it could have been. Instead, we have an earnest examination of ethics that makes this more an intellectual exercise than a riveting drama. NOTE: In an interesting homage to Woody Allen, the credits are black and white in his font style, because Guadagnino wanted to evoke the aesthetic of classic New York films while acknowledging the controversy surrounding Allen.
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Nov 2, 2025
In a movie with a title like “After the Hunt,” one would assume that the characters are indeed hunting for something, either literally or metaphorically. However, after watching this latest offering from filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, as near as I could tell, that missing element would most likely be the plot. Given the overwritten, overintellectualized, unfocused nature of its narrative, with its many meandering, disjointed story threads, it’s hard to say exactly what the director and screenwriter Nora Garrett were going for here. The story essentially centers around Yale University philosophy professor Alma Imhoff (Julia Roberts), an acclaimed voice in her field and eager tenure candidate who learns about an alleged sexual misconduct accusation leveled by one of her top grad students, Maggie (Ayo Edibiri), against one of her closest longtime professional colleagues, Hank (Andrew Garfield). She’s consequently caught in the middle, a scenario that seriously tests her loyalties, not to mention the impact that her “involvement” might have on her chances of securing tenure. But, in the process of trying to sort out her feelings on these matters, Alma also comes face to face with aspects of her own character that she has long buried, revelations that expose her own contemptible nature, a trait that has been carefully concealed but turns out to be on par with that of both Maggie and Hank. Add to that story threads involving a mysterious health issue, a dark secret from her past, and Alma’s constantly shifting relationship with her husband, Frederik (Michael Stuhlbarg), an demonstrably (and inexplicably) flamboyant therapist, and you’ve got a boatload of content packed into a picture in need of direction. And, because the story is set in the philosophy department of an academic environment, the film incorporates plenty of lengthy scholarly discussions (many of them decidedly belabored) that, frankly, amount to little more than high-minded intellectual ****. Admittedly, several of the intergenerational exchanges are scathingly witty and spot on in their critical poignancy, but they’re too few and far between compared to the many other overwrought dialogues that dominate a screenplay that clearly takes itself too seriously. To its credit, the film’s fine performances (especially Garfield and Edibiri) are its strongest suit, though Roberts’s glowingly praised lead portrayal is, in my opinion, somewhat overrated compared to some of her past performances. What’s more, this release is occasionally hampered by some odd camera work and an original score and soundtrack that often intrude too much on certain scenes, drawing more attention to the music than to the action it’s supposed to be supporting. Overall, “After the Hunt” feels like a knock-off of one of Woody Allen’s dramatic productions (right down to copying the signature credits style used in that filmmaker’s movies) though without the same level of eloquence and relevance present in those films. In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess that Guadagnino is not one of my favorite filmmakers, but, in the case of this pretentious cinematic mess with its wholly unlikable characters, I believe he’s reached a low point in his filmography. So, with that said, do yourself a favor and hunt for something better to watch instead.
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Nov 28, 2025
I really want to support thoughtful, even cerebral, movies. But this dud is why good, intelligent stuff generally can't get made. Many tedious & obnoxious details & pretentions - for instance that awful ticking that has no actual meaning. The terrible, overbearing jazz track that is played over dialogue. The endless drip, drip, drip of boring moments, getting out of bed, walk here and there, looking into the void ...OMG, GMAB. The story meanders all over the place but seldom lands on making a point, denouement, or really anything at all. Too much moaning & groaning with no apparent conclusion. And THEN, a sappy ending that is supposed to tie it all together? Yeah, I'm not buying it. I only finished watching it (with some fast forward through the unbearables) because I live in Connecticut and was curious about the locations shown.
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Production Company
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Imagine Entertainment
- Frenesy Film Company
- Big Indie Pictures
Release Date Oct 10, 2025
Duration 2 h 18 m
Rating R
Tagline Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable.
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gotham Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
