Afternoon Delight (2013)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Best movie of this year hands down!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

RELEASED IN 2013 and written & directed by Jill Soloway, "Afternoon Delight" chronicles events when a bored stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles (Kathryn Hahn) becomes intrigued by a beautiful 'sex worker' (Juno Temple) at a strip club. Surprisingly, she brings her home to live in the extra room and even enlists her as a nanny, which has repercussions. Josh Radnor plays the husband and Jane Lynch the wife's therapist. This contains some hard R-rated sex-oriented scenes so I encourage you to pass if you find that unsavory. To be honest, I was only interested in "Afternoon Delight" because of the winsome, stunning Juno. This isn't a quirky comedy, but rather a serious drama with amusing touches. The occasional crudeness and overt raciness tempted me to tune out a few times, but I kept watching in the hope that the film had something good to get across; thankfully, it did (see below for details). THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hours & 38 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-EXPLANATION (***SPOILER ALERT*** Don't read further if you haven't seen the film):McKenna (Juno) is a siren, the daughter of a witch. She openly suggests that she's a witch as well. Using her charms, she puts a 'spell' on Rachel (Hahn) at the strip club and so the mesmerized Rachel eventually tracks her down and brings her home. While Rachel sincerely intends on being a positive influence on McKenna and help her get out of the dubious sex business, McKenna intends on luring Rachel into her sleazy lifestyle. McKenna explains to Rachel why she has no qualms about what she does and even justifies it. Rachel is intrigued until she sees McKenna's sordid work up close and rejects it because she discerns that McKenna is unrepentant about her vocation. Rachel immediately puts the kibosh on McKenna babysitting her friends' girls because she's clearly a bad role model, but the mother has yet to figure out a way to get the prostitute out of the house without making too many waves. That's when the wives go out on the town while the husbands stay home to party with tantalizing McKenna lurking nearby. Needless to say, it's a recipe for disaster and provides a way for McKenna to stick it to Rachel and her 'judgmental' friends.The negative fallout provokes Jeff (Radnor) to confront Rachel on how she could be so stupid to bring an unabashed whore into their abode. He didn't comprehend Rachel's reasoning: Did she want him to sleep with McKenna? Did SHE want to sleep with her? Jeff failed to grasp that Rachel was under McKenna's "spell" and inadvertently doing her bidding. Fortunately, Rachel, realizes her error ("waking up" from McKenna's enchantment) and seeks reconciliation with her husband, now fully appreciating her family.

The story makes no sense at all. They are the worst parents ever. They forget about their child in every scene. The mother goes out with her kid, and suddenly she returns alone. At the end, she puts her sleeping kid in a box with wheels and carries him in the middle of the night to see the kids father. It makes no sense, she carries her kid in a box.If a was a cop and I saw that, I would call child services. It makes absolutely no sense. Plus, it's boring, slow. Basically, nothing happens and then it ends.Please, do not waste your time.

Rarely does one see a film that really explores the pain and boredom of being a housewife and a stay-at-home mom. This movie does, and the raw energy that Kathryn Hahn brings to the role is moving and real. Radnor and Hahn have an edgy, jagged chemistry that seems just about pitch-perfect for the turmoil their marriage is in, and the supporting cast was above par. I sense that the negative reviews on this stem from folks who haven't lived through this- and if you're looking for escapist fun, Afternoon Delight will not deliver. However, if you're looking for some authentic art - this will answer.I appreciated the setting of this at the JCC in Silverlake, which gave a note of probability to the issues and socio-economic class. the most poignant scene happens toward the end of the film, and I don't want to spoil anyone's fun, but stay tuned in for the Garage scene. It's worth it

The movie captured like no other movie the situation for more than a few at this time and era we live in.The acting at times was superb. Kathryn Hahn drunk and relating to her girlfriends was astounding and needs to be given some recognition.Most overdue this type of scene but she played it like it really could be the case The inner angst that she was having to deal was terrificthe writing and the directing were extraordinaryThe pace of the movie was perfect yet was unpredictableThe supporting cast were great as well.It is exceptional to see a movie that is real.