After Fall, Winter (2012)

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

In order to fully appreciate this movie I personally feel you should have seen Fall first. I guess After Fall, Winter could be considered a sequel NOT that it is fully presented that way. Fall was absolutely wonderful in my opinion and reviewers on amazon support my opinion of it. I will tell you about first briefly to line up my quick review of After Fall. Fall Premise: NY cab driver/ writer who meets a fashion model who is married and they have a steamy affair which turns into love. It is a dialog driven movie with a unique character study. I will not tell how it ends, but came out in 1996-97 if I recall correctly and leaves the viewer to decide the outcome.Which leads us to After Fall, Winter. The whole idea about watching Fall to begin with gives you a better understanding of the character MIchael Shiver in both movies. It shows what became of him some 15 years later of after Fall. I will not go into detail about my review because if you loved Fall, I do not want to give anything away. Watch with an open mind. With all that said, this movie could be a stand alone movie and understood.In a way I was left disappointed with the ending, but on the other hand I wasn't because it shows you what love does to you and what MIchael turned out to become. If you ever have loved deeply both of these movies NEED to be watched. After Fall was not as good as Fall, but it was good. If you try and pick this movie apart it will ruin the experience. Yes some of it is far fetched, but what movie is not most of the time?

Mix the raw emotion and psychological disturbance of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club with a story of romance and love and this is what you get. A Romeo and Juliet for the minds who grew up reading A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest while going through their educational careers being numbed by the despair of the writing and music of Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, or Stabbing Westward, to I'm a Barbie Girl and Marilyn Manson. With unemployment and fiscal trouble running rampant and mass shootings on the television daily, this is a story of love that can speak to a generation who may never have known what the words "I love you" meant. This was truly an original film and I will be looking out for this writer in the future.

This is the film that made me write my first review of a film. It made me smile and almost cry in equal amounts. I found it neither predictable nor boring. I love the leading actress, beautiful to watch. The story has so many stories entwined within it, it was like unwrapping presents. Although a love story, it also explores the relationships that the lead characters, especially Sophie, have with other characters. It's not a happy ending but I'm not a happy ever after fan of American films. It's a Juliet and Romeo type of ending that leaves you slightly reeling. However, for all its quirkiness, the whole film had a really natural feel, even when dealing with unusual elements. I knew nothing of the director before watching this film and chose it solely on a brief synopsis on netflix. In my book, an excellent choice.

Loved it. I'm not in the industry so my review is coming from an indie film lover.Although I agree the male character was annoying at times, I found it to fit with the storyline. He was playing a struggling writer from America after all and who says it means he has to appear Harvard educated in leather loafers?I found the gypsy lady's character off -- not sure what it was, just off somehow. Otherwise, I felt everyone fit in perfectly.I adored the leading lady and have now become a fan. I will look for other films she is in.The ending made me sad, but I liked that. It would have come off too Hollywood (and would have been too easy in my opinion) to give it a happy ending. Frankly, I didn't expect for it to end the way it did so as sad as I was, it shocked me and left me thinking.What a beautiful story, well-directed and perfectly acted. Well done! I'll be watching for all your work now.