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As a longtime fan following this franchise, it was obvious some stuff went down outside of filming. I guess the repercussions of that meant losing Josephine as our female lead. What's After without the source of the story? Don't get me wrong, Hero was great. But it didn't feel the same. He was incomplete. This movie served no purpose other than to promote Hero in a stand alone film. It was watchable but if you're watching it as part of the series, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Completely and utterly offensive to see Josephine only have about 15 minutes of legitimate screen time. And I'm not talking about flashbacks. What even was that? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad the After era is over.

I wanted an ending to this wonderful story, it's been a journey for me! There is a rushed version of it, ten minutes or so, with two epic songs of Amber Run and James Bay! That's the whole movie.

The rest is a Portuguese vacation for the movie makers and don't get me wrong, it's beautifully filmed. The problem is that it has no story and very little to do with After. The feeling of the books is completely lost to a filler that looks like youtube lounge chillout background.

I have many harsh words for the executive team, but in the end, what truly matters is that they learn from this mistake, so no other beloved stories get butchered like this.

So, basically for 1h,25 min out of 1h30 min, they are showing only what Hardin is doing, the struggles of one narcissist when he can't get enough supply haha They were trying to make it seem like he is struggling cos he loves Tessa so much but it was no convincing to me. Tessa told him she moved on, but as soon as she saw him, she is head over heels obsessed with him on the same second. Tessa on the other hand shows only at the end of the film, literally the last few min, just so they can add some suggestive not even very good s*x scene in there. And guess what - they will get married, but they don't show any of it, they just skip through time and show them years later when they have kids? Makes no sense.. so the whole film was so slow paced (as in the whole 5 films) and suddenly they skip through the most important part of their life story - the marriage, the emotions, the pregnancies.. they show nothing. So if you want to watch Hardin being a drunkard and having s*x with other women for hour and a half, be my guest, but if you expect to see their development as a couple, this won't happen. Such a lame film, seriously. And I don't get how they include Tessa only at the end of this film, so the whole film was about literally nothing. I think this one must be the worst of them all and the ending is just so rushed and not satisfying. It's just really, really bad and I do no recommend. Not to mention it gives a bad example of toxic relationships and makes women believe that the bad guy will turn good all of a sudden, just cos she is the one, she is the chosen hahah no unrealistic. Everyone who has been in a relationship with a narcissist know they never change and marrying the guy or giving birth to his kids won't change him. I hate this film so much actually.

The first thing to remember is that Hollywood will change stories. It's an inevitable part of the process and is always a divisive move for fans of the original work. If you've read the stories, you may feel cheated - Tessa features so little in the story of what was her life. It's so unlike the works that came before it, as though the producers knew that Hero was the star to rely on for one more round. Their golden ticket. But, it's important to remember that it's deviated from the original plot since it's inception. It's all part of the transition from novel to screen and until this point, it's still managed to pull in our heart strings and give us enough of the characters to keep us on the edge of our seats.

I loved that 'After Everything' felt like an homage to 'Before', giving an insight into who Hardin was and how he became the villain we grew to love. It's his redemption story and Hero played the character he's worked hard to build, fantastically. But ultimately, the final part of the story was too rushed and I couldn't help but feel like the soundtrack overplayed it's hand throughout. It took away from what could have been an important and fitting ending to the story.

Whether you're a fan of the books or not, as a romantic movie, it failed to deliver that satisfying closer that we all hope for. It forgot what it was trying to achieve in the previous films, which is what took away from what could have been a real happy ever after.

This was almost an entire movie of Hardin brooding! In fact, I thought that maybe they hadn't got the actress who plays Tessa back for the final film...until the end.

The film is ostensibly about Hardin working on himself so he can be worthy of his one true love...but the only thing he does is goes to Portugal to apologize to a girl who he posted a sex tape of without her permission.

The girl in Portugal was lovely, played by Mimi Keene and whose character was named Nathalie. I almost wanted Hardin to just be with her in the gorgeous backdrop of Portugal...but alas I read the books and do still deep down wanted him to mend things with his real true love Tessa.

Landon's wedding was beautiful, so aesthetically it was a gorgeous film and I liked seeing Beniamin Mascolo (from another teen angsty love story). I also appreciated that they brought back so much of the cast to reprise their roles as family and friends.

Not the strongest film in the After series, but necessary. I recommend it to After fans, probably not romantics, but After fans for sure.

I think that I saw the first two movies and they were depressing from what I remember. I remember them fighting and unhappy. I just remember them being dark. This actually made you feel good at times for the characters.

I love Mimi Keene too. She was really good as always. She is beautiful and funny. I love her in Sex Education. I liked that storyline and the scenery was beautiful. To me it didn't drag on either like some of these type of movies do.

It was good for the kind of movie it is intended to be. It set out what the intention was...for him to make his amends.

Once he did that it made for a happy ending.

I was obsessed with this series from the day it came out, but since this final movie im utterly disappointed. I cannot believe this has been done. Whoever's idea it was to have josephine in the movie for 15 mins needs to be sacked. The amount of backlash this movie has had should be enough to encourage them to make a final GOOD movie with the female and male lead role, otherwise you've been doing this series over 5 years for nothing because it'll be ruined. There is no words to explain how upset i am they were my comfort movies and they have been tarnished. I don't understand how anna todd has let this happen to her storyline. Get josephine back.

After Everything is the fifth and final part of the After film series. The film is again directed and written by Castille Landon, who also directed two previous films in the series.

After his relationship ends, Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) runs into writer's block. He is no longer able to write a second book. As a result, he ends up as a lost alcoholic.

To escape this life, he travels to Lisbon to visit his old lover Nathalie (Mimi Keene). In this way, he hopes to learn how to right his mistakes and have another chance with his lost love Tessa Young (Josephine Langfort).

This film is the first film in the film series that is not directly based on a real book from the After book series. Instead, they based this film more on unused storylines and Castille Landon himself was able to provide some inspiration for the story. The fact that this film is not really based on a book and comes more from pure inspiration is reflected in the messiness of the final film. This shows that they unnecessarily spread this book series over too many films, which was ultimately a bit unnecessary.

Hardin's character is also on more of a holiday in Lisbon for much of this film. It seems as if they have saved up the proceeds from the previous films in order to be able to go to Lisbon with the film cast and crew. Nothing special happens on Lisbon itself, except that Hardin tries to learn from the mistakes of his past. For this he picks up an old relationship with a new character who did not appear in the previous films or was not mentioned further. Josephine Langford, her character, hardly appears in this last film and is more visible in flashbacks of old scenes from the previous films. This makes it not very credible that the two separated lovers in this last film really tried to pick up or improve their relationship again.

After five films, the acting hasn't really improved either. Hopefully, after this film series, Hero Fiennes Tiffin will find better films and film series in which he can act in the future. Because Josephine Langford is hardly in this film, she didn't have to do much else. Hopefully she can also find better future films to act in. The rest of the returning and new cast members also get little special to do in this last film. Some seem a bit strange, because after four previous films they suddenly have to play important roles in this film out of nowhere. Most of these characters just have little to no background for the viewer to really care about them.

If you're looking for an easy escape of a movie, don't watch this. You'll want to escape this as much as anything else in your life.

The acting is as woeful as it's ever been, especially from the male lead, but there's just more of it - he's in every scene! Too much of this guy. The only half-way good acting is the female lead and she's hardly even in it, not until the end. And then there's the ending? What was that about? Shoved into the last five minutes like an after thought - maybe that should have been the title - After Thought. The funniest thing was the wig or hair piece she was wearing in the last scene - that had me in stitches! Don't watch this - just skip to the last scene. HIlarious!

As someone who is a massive fan of the book series and someone who has watched all the adaptations all I can say wow After watching this film I enjoyed it very much and even though It's not exactly faithful to The The source material This film is still very good and I personally Enjoyed this film very much And was pleasantly surprised by How different it is from the book I also think that this film is better than the sorts material Only because it's about Harden going on a journey I've helped discovery and trying Is change and it definitely worked If you are a fan of the book I highly recommend this film.

Tessa isn't around for most of the movie, and honestly, when she does show up, it feels off.

There's something to be said about focusing on one main character. This approach gives them a real chance to shine and develop. In the earlier movies, it felt like we were just watching the same problems play out again and again.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of Tessa. She comes off almost too perfect. It's not that she doesn't have flaws, but they're few and far between.

On the other hand, more screen time for Hardin was a good choice. His character has more depth, and the actor brings a lot to the table. He's compelling to watch.

But I have to point out that the last scene threw me off. It was confusing and didn't really match the feel of the previous movies. It seemed out of place and left me scratching my head.

Overall, I'd give it a 7/10. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you're into the main characters and their story, it's worth checking out.

I am convinced that the 10/10 ratings are from the staff who were a part of making this God awful movie. They all should be banned from ever rating and reviewing another movie every again!

I'm being dramatic but at the same time theres some truth to my comment. 1/10 because its thankfully over but anything above a 1 is too high.

Nothing but harden walking around. Lame. Where is the content. Where are the other characters? Was the script written the night before? Where is the rest of the script? Why were there less than 5 minutes of actual lines? Whats with the constant flashbacks? Again, glad the series is over!