After Yang (2022)
79%RT Audience Score: 67%
Awards & Nominations: 13 wins & 43 nominations
Although its reach occasionally exceeds its grasp, After Yang yields rich rewards for those willing to settle into its low-key wavelength.
After Yang is like a futuristic version of a family drama, but with robots. It’s a thought-provoking film that explores themes of identity, memory, and the meaning of family. Colin Farrell gives a great performance as a father who is struggling to connect with his family and his android son. The film is visually stunning, with beautiful cinematography and editing that adds to the dreamlike quality of the story. Overall, After Yang is a unique and engaging film that will leave you thinking about it long after the credits roll.
Production Company(ies)
Mass Distraction Media, Radical Media, Vulcan Productions,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (LIMITED)
Filming Location(s)
Chaudfontaine, Belgium
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 41m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 2022 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2022
Genre(s)
Drama, Sci-Fi
Keyword(s)
After Yang, Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson, Sarita Choudhury, Kogonada, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Theresa Park, written by Kogonada, Drama, Sci-Fi, PG, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Stratton, Keith Uhlich, Adam Kempenaar, Christy Lemire, Scott Tobias, Barry Hertz, Sarah Ward, Nathaniel Rogers, Travis Johnson, Thomas Stoneham-Judge, Brett McCracken, Eileen G’Sell, directed by Kogonada, produced by Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Theresa Park, A24
Worldwide gross: $1,552,727
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,827,208
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,440
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 199,259
US/Canada gross: $1,233,694
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,451,779
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,105
US/Canada opening weekend: $225,723
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $265,625
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,571
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $6,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $7,060,643
Production budget ranking: 1,742
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $3,802,156
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$9,035,590
ROI to date (est.): -83%
ROI ranking: 1,913
Jake
Jodie Turner-Smith
Kyra
Justin H. Min
Yang
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja
Mika
Haley Lu Richardson
Ada
Sarita Choudhury
Cleo
Director(s)
Kogonada
Writer(s)
Kogonada
Producer(s)
Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Theresa Park
Film Festivals
Sundance, Cannes
Awards & Nominations
13 wins & 43 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (196) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (172) | Rotten (24)
Compelling and intriguing, the film continually shifts into unanticipated directions. Farrell gives a particularly fine performance as the increasingly frustrated and thwarted Jake.
April 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
Much too ‘Instagram Stories: The Motion Picture’ for my taste.
March 24, 2022
Keith Uhlich
(All (Parentheses))
TOP CRITIC
The editing – which is also Koganada – offers wonderful elisions and punctuations that add compelling elements and draw you in without changing the gentleness of this film.
March 13, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Adam Kempenaar
Filmspotting
TOP CRITIC
[Director Kogonada] finds a tonal balance that’s really difficult between being profound about the nature of existence, but also light and wispy and wistful at the same time.
March 12, 2022
Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Whether Kogonada intended it or not, After Yang plays like a profound film for the glass-half-full atheist, suggesting not only the preciousness and importance of life, but the ways in which it continues after our systems crash.
March 10, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Scott Tobias
The Reveal
TOP CRITIC
[Farrell] treads the waters of wistfulness, compassion and devotion with an elegant ease.
March 10, 2022
Barry Hertz
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
Only an exceptional movie can equally think and feel so vastly, and pose unresolvable queries while also offering such a soothing embrace.
June 24, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
I found this contemplative sci-fi drama exploring racial identity, technological dependence, the nature of family, and both collective and individual memory just transfixing.
June 14, 2022 | Rating: A-
Nathaniel Rogers
The Film Experience
Painterly and meditative, After Yang offers us a vision of a uniquely comfortable consumer dystopia.
June 7, 2022
Travis Johnson
Flicks.com.au
It’s mellow in tone and adept at connecting with audiences on an emotional level.
May 12, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Thomas Stoneham-Judge
ForReel Movie News And Reviews
The film asks more questions than it answers, which is the type of science-fiction drama I like.
May 6, 2022
Brett McCracken
The Gospel Coalition
After Yang merges director Kogonada’s fastidious attention to form with a rare empathy for the insecurity of the human condition, especially within the nuclear unit.
May 5, 2022
Eileen G’Sell
Hyperallergic…
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