Aftermath(Pokłosie)

New York Daily News by

What keeps the film so fascinating is how even its protagonists are greatly flawed. While certainly upsetting, Aftermath takes a look at the dangers inherent in an abundance of truth.

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

Aftermath's avoidance of Holocaust-film tropes lets the picture address weighty historical and moral issues while fitting into the genre shoes of a small-town thriller.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller.

The Dissolve by Nick Schager

Pasikowski isn’t interested in actual characters or narrative nuance; rather, the prime concern here is censuring Polish anti-Semitism, which, no matter how righteous an aim, eventually comes at the expense of engaging storytelling.

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film.

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

The idea of framing Holocaust atrocities in contemporary genre terms, although intriguing, is not without its perils, and the secret, when revealed, looms too large to fit within the plot’s parameters, creating strange disconnects between form and content.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

Delivers its Holocaust-related story with the clunking force of a blunt instrument slammed into the skull.