75
Miami Herald by Marta Barber
An enchanting romantic comedy between two lost souls in the most unexpected of places.
After Midnight (Dopo mezzanotte)
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- Italy
- 2004
- · 92m
Director
Davide Ferrario
Cast
Giorgio Pasotti,
Francesca Inaudi,
Fabio Troiano,
Francesca Picozza,
Silvio Orlando,
Pietro Eandi
Genre
Comedy,
Romance
The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening the museum's timid night watchman, comes to the aid of an enchanting young fast-food cook on the run from the police. The museum's dreamy kingdom of silent movie characters becomes a sanctuary for her as she awaits rescue by her devilish boyfriend.
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What are critics saying?
75
New York Daily News by Robert Dominguez
Ferrario deft use of old silent-movie footage - especially Buster Keaton - makes After Midnight enchanting.
70
Chicago Reader
Gorgeous high-definition digital photography adds to the rapture; the museum resembles a cavernous magic lantern with its seductive plays of light and shadow.
70
Village Voice by Leslie Camhi
What makes After Midnight more than just another ménage à trois (in homage to Truffaut) is the way Ferrario, who also writes about movies, weaves the allure of early film into a contemporary story, shot with the latest high-definition technology.
63
New York Post by Lou Lumenick
An Italian romantic comedy that's irresistibly set in Mole Antonelliana, the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin.
60
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Diverting and often charming, but it never really holds together.
60
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
As a story, it never develops beyond the routine. Still, the aesthetic philosophizing works as a framework for daring visual experiments.
60
Variety
Ferrario has fun with antique footage and exhibits from the museum, but there's a lack of urgency or sufficient charm to engage.
50
L.A. Weekly by Chuck Wilson
Rich in lovingly assembled silent-film clips, as well as in intimate views of the magnificent Mole, this impassioned yet somewhat too precious fable from writer-director Davide Ferrario feels calculated to make a cineaste swoon, and yet . . . it never quite does.
50
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The gorgeous Mole Antonelliana is the breakout star of Ferrario's fluffy valentine to the cinema.
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