Critic Reviews

The narrative’s second layer, which is buried underneath the first, suggests why the characters do what they do, even if they don’t necessarily address it explicitly.

Although rarely as compelling as the estimable director’s finest achievements, it certainly merits attention as a sumptuously detailed evocation of a rarefied world defined as much by a unique set of rules as its abundant material comforts.

What could make for a captivating story involving a transgressive love triangle is, even on a micro level, ineffective.

Love After Love goes through the motions of classic, rousing melodrama but not the emotions.