Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

bombersflyup After Hours is a terrific film, however it is a bit crazy just for the sake of it.Griffin Dunne is a very amusing comical lead and I especially liked Julie. The only let down for me is Rosanna Arquette and Linda Fiorentino's characters, they are just a bit too nuts and unappealing. Loved the ending, but I would of preferred if it had stopped with Paul in the plaster.

betty dalton Paul wants to go home at night. But he gets stuck in trouble. Ever increasing trouble. That's the story.The mood of "After Hours" is one of a lighthearted tragicomedy. Martin Scorseses "After Hours" is a little gem. Quite unigue. Very loveable. It is one of my favorite small Scorsese pictures which I must have watched over 10 times now. I watch it whenever I feel in a rut and want some comic relief. This movie is all about having fun with the little misfortunes of another person. In this case the character Paul who just wants to get home, but all sorts of disasters keep raining down on him, so he just isnt able to go home. Disasters of the personal encounter type: Paul keeps meeting people who get him into further trouble every step of the way.The story isnt very realistic, because how difficult can it be to just get home? But if you dont analyse it too rationally, then "After Hours" is hilarious at moments and astonishingly surprising. Great chararcters, witty acting. Lovely soundtrack. And just a bizarre, unique and funny plot. Highly recommended. Watch this flick in the wee small hours after midnight if you can. It hightens the feeling that you are all alone and everything can go wrong if you get into trouble and you dont have help. And that is exactly what the character Paul is facing in "After Hours". Will he get home? I wont tell, but it is a lot of fun seeing Paul trying just to get home. I would like to call it a "supense comedy", because there is definitely something very suspensefull inside this tragic comedy. Discover this gem, give it time, because it is slow paced but you will be rewarded...

Python Hyena After Hours (1985): Dir: Martin Scorsese / Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, John Heard, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr: Underrated Martin Scorsese dark comedy about that counter to normality that provides a nightmare. Griffin Dunne plays software programmer Paul Hackett who is bored with life. He meets Marcy Franklin, played by Rosanna Arquette and a chance encounter turns into a trip to Soho where everything that can go wrong does. Dunne plays off the irritable nature of Hackett who discovers a dead body, has his head nearly shaved, and is pursued by a mob who believe that he is robbing apartments. Arquette as Marcy is sexy and mysterious leaving Hackett with nervous sexual tension. John Heard plays a bartender who offers to financially assist Hackett when he is stranded without subway fare. It becomes bizarre when he ties in when he receives a phone call tying an overdosed female to himself. Linda Fiorentino plays Soho artist Kiki Bridges who is roommates with Marcy, and into BDSM relationships. Teri Garr plays a feisty waitress whose bed is surrounded by mouse traps. Scorsese fills the film with intriguing comedic characters thus throwing Hackett into awkward pearl that ends brilliantly where it all begins. Beautiful locations and a theme of normality and consequences of venturing outside the comfort zone in those after hours where anything can and will occur. Score: 9 / 10

Bowserb46 Am I crazy, or did this movie run on cable back in the 1990's as a longer, maybe Director's cut, movie? I remembered the movie portraying Paul's adventure being longer, more convoluted, and that I could feel his desperation to get home. I just bought and watched the movie from Amazon, and this 97 minutes falls short of my recollection.I read under trivia that the original cut was 45 minutes longer. While I don't recall it being 2 hours 22 minutes, I still think what I saw was longer than an hour and a half. Seems to me that 45 minutes of Scorsese's best work may have been "left on the cutting room floor!" I really would like to see a Director's Cut of this film. It is too good to have been cut back to TV length.