SummaryIn the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress. A sharply observed, deeply felt drama from director Radu Muntean, showcasing the strengths of current Romanian cinema in its beautifully calibrated performances, expert craftsmanship, and dazzling technical mastery.(Lorber Films)
Directed By:Radu Muntean
Written By:Alexandru Baciu, Razvan Radulescu, Radu Muntean
Tuesday, After Christmas
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Universal Acclaim
81
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Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
73% Positive
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May 27, 2011
100
More broadly this is a resonant, vivid and finally heartbreaking tale about the universal difficulty of marriage and the endless self-delusion of the human condition, driven by a trio of amazing dramatic performances.
May 26, 2011
91
More about well-observed moments of everyday life than it is about heightened melodrama.
User score
Generally Favorable
64% Positive
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7% Mixed
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Jul 15, 2011
10
This is one of the best, if not the best movie I've seen about a triangle. The movie is part of the "new wave" of critically acclaimed Romanian movies. Unlike most of the other award winning Romanian movies, in this one nobody is poor or politically persecuted. It is about people like you and me and nobody is the obvious good or bad person.
Jun 5, 2023
7
The end of the movie is wonderful and leaves the audience in a deep shock. This open ending of the film speaks of modern films which makes the audience participate in the film. Film sequences with simple but powerful decoupage that show good direction.
Jun 1, 2011
90
The latest bloom from the flourishing garden that is Romanian cinema, Radu Muntean's Tuesday, After Christmas chronicles the emotional fallout from a classic love triangle, but it unfolds with the agonizing tension of a suspense film.
May 24, 2011
80
Director Radu Muntean has pulled off the near-impossible, turning each scene (captured in capacious long takes) into arias of generosity for his actors.
May 23, 2011
50
The dissected minutiae of this adultery drama unfortunately doesn't add up to a very original or moving whole.
May 23, 2011
40
Rather than take a broad-brush approach director Muntean boggs us down in the detail of an adulterous affair. There are some similarities with his previous outing "Boogie" in that the main character is a man having a premature mid-life crisis.
May 29, 2011
3
If a movie has a beginning, a middle and an end, then certainly the start of this movie is good. Well told, good character buildup. But the movie is missing a middle and end. If this was the first part of a trilogy then i would give it great marks. But its missing two thirds. I did enjoy it but the "ending" , in that , it has none, left a bitter taste and hence the score.
Mar 17, 2012
0
I love to watch movies. When a new film arrives and I queue it up and settle in, I get excited. I choose movies by the color code on Metacritic and then reading the description. I donâ
Production Company:
- BV McCann-Erickson
- HBO Romania
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- Mindshare Media
- Multimedia Est
- Romanian National Center for Cinematography
Release Date:May 27, 2011
Duration:1 h 39 m
Awards
Gopo Awards, Romania
• 1 Win & 12 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
