After the Fall (2014 film)

After the Fall, originally titled Things People Do, is a 2014 American drama film directed by Saar Klein and starring Wes Bentley, Jason Issacs, and Vinessa Shaw.^[1] The film had its premiere in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2] The film had its premiere in theaters and VOD on December 12, 2014.^[1] The film received negative reviews.

After the Fall
Film poster
Directed by	Saar Klein
Written by	Saar Klein Joe Conway
Starring	Wes Bentley Jason Issacs Vinessa Shaw
Cinematography	Matthias Koenigswieser
Edited by	Hank Corwin Saar Klein
Music by	Marc Streitenfeld
Release dates	February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09) (Berlin) December 12, 2014 (2014-12-12) (US)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Wes Bentley as Bill Scanlon
• Haley Bennett as Ruby
• Vinessa Shaw as Susan Scanlon
• Jason Isaacs as Frank McTiernan
• Keith Carradine as Charles
• Sam Trammell as Lee
• W. Earl Brown
• Jeremiah Bitsui

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 36% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 14 reviews. Robert Abele wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "the basic story’s narrative and psychological simplicity ... becomes an increasing burden."^[3] Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times "After the Fall belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments."^[4] However, Stephen Dalton, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, says that film, "has much to recommend, including gorgeous New Mexico landscapes, sumptuous digital cinematography and -- as we might expect from Klein -- virtuoso editing"^[5]