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After the Hunt is Luca Guadagnino's most uneven work and, ironically, his most generic. A director known for breaking the mold ends up stuck with a film that follows manuals and formulas. Nora Garrett tries to write a script full of provocations and moral ambiguities, but what emerges is a pretentious and exhausting text. The trio of protagonists try hard, but cannot escape the limitations imposed by the material itself. It is a drama that strives for depth, but gets lost in its own vanity. A film about guilt that seems to feel no guilt for being so empty.

After the Hunt starts with an intriguing premise and strong performances, but the film quickly loses momentum. The pacing is so slow that it becomes hard to stay engaged, you reach a point where you feel bored and almost ready to give up. While the cast delivers solid work and the film has a polished look, the story drags without offering enough emotional payoff.

By the time it reaches the end, the conclusion feels underwhelming and doesn't justify the long, heavy buildup. Overall, it's a movie with potential, but the slow pacing and lackluster ending make it fall short of what it could have been.

Luca Guadagnino's 2025 drama, despite featuring the unmistakable presence of Julia Roberts, ultimately fails to coalesce into a compelling cinematic experience. The narrative suffers from glaring inconsistencies, leaving too many unresolved questions that generate confusion rather than intrigue. Character arcs are poorly defined, undermining emotional engagement, while pivotal plot developments feel hastily constructed or superficially explored. Pacing is erratic: prolonged sequences linger without purpose, sapping momentum, while moments that should carry dramatic resonance fall disappointingly flat. Even the film's meticulous visual composition and polished cinematography cannot mask the shortcomings of a thin, underdeveloped script. In essence, this work represents a missed opportunity-an ambitious premise diluted by incoherence, unfulfilled narrative potential, and a frustratingly hollow execution.

"After the hunt" could have been excellent. Acting was incredible, and the story was interesting. However, the entire film was distracted by a very obnoxious score. And random cinematography. Overall, the film was well done however these shortcomings distracted so much that it took away from the entire movie. Julia Roberts was phenomenal, as was Andrew Garfield.

I was drawn to After The Hunt because of Luca Guadagnino and the stellar cast, but once the first Woody Allen-esque scene is done, the film takes an extremely slow and uninteresting pace that makes the dialogue and characters somewhat infuriating to understand or even care about throughout the film. If it had been a faster pace, tighter script, and focused on the core story, it could've been an enjoyable watch. The acting is still really solid and the shots are beautiful with a score that is tantalizing, as always in Luca's films.