Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
novagirl11
I really like Kathryn Hahn, but this is not one of her best. I found myself wondering how much longer there was in the film, which is never a good sign. Some scenes felt awkward and prolonged but not in a good way.
Hoodie234
Afternoon Delight tells the story of a woman living a mundane life seeking something more. In doing so she a adopts a young stripper and over time build a connection with her. Inspite of the films relatable and slightly unconventional premise it is executed in a very bland uninteresting way. To some up what I'm saying I felt this film was lost potential. As lover of film I admire any piece of work that try's something new and experimental. But sense the movie plays it so safe it becomes devoid of anything else then slightly above average. The acting is meh and the characters are flat. The music although not displeasing to listen to has a simple by the book upbeat tune to it. And the cinematography although not incompetent was all about getting the shot. This makes this film visually boringIn conclusion I recommend this movie as some nice, simple, unconventional fluff and not much more. I think you could easily enjoy it, but if you want a bit more substance then I would look elsewhere.6/10
jconn12-ll
It had moments that were funny, brief moments, but most of it was kind of trashy. The acting was fine even good in some parts but it lacked all class and tact and I am not the most classy and PC guy. Somehow being on the toilet instead of having sex with her husband means she should go to a strip club to get a lap dance by a 19 year old who isn't really and somehow a 40 year old woman becomes obsessed with a kid stripper just like that and we are supposed to feel sorry for her because she hates her life even though she knows it could be worse since women are getting raped 1,2,3 times a day just trying to get back and forth from home for a bucket of water, that they no doubt hold on their heads. Think about it this way, there's toilets, vomit, period blood, gratuitous nudity, a disgusting monologue about the main characters abortion at 18 , bad Jewish jokes and more all while we are supposed to feel bad for this lost woman when the character isn't even developed enough to show why she does the things she does and then it just ends with no real fulfilled story line just more gratuitous sex and nudity. The acting is not bad its just a stupid movie. It's not thought provoking as some people claim. They just want to look like they are more intellectual than the normal person. I'm not even the most intellectual person I know for sure and this is pointless. My very intellectual friends and family would have a field day ripping this apart. I think Juno is a very good actress but I am starting to think that she might be a very trashy girl in real life because all she plays are trashy lost girls always gyrating and getting naked. Hollywood is notorious for type casting based on how you come off.Watch it? NO
Amari-Sali
Being that I liked Josh Radnor's HappyThankYouMorePlease and Liberal Arts I figured he had pretty good choices when it came to making movies. Add in Juno Temple, who may not have the best movies, but usually participates in weird films worth viewing once, and I felt sold. Thus leading me to watch Afternoon Delight.Characters & StoryRachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a very unhappy woman. Her relationship with her husband isn't working; Her life as a stay at home mom, dealing with the other stay at home moms' charity functions, is tedious; and all the while, her psychologist Lenore (Jane Lynch) keeps talking about how fabulous her life is while Rachel feels like she is drowning.Enter McKenna (Juno Temple), a stripper who is originally supposed to get Rachel and husband Jeff (Josh Radnor) hot and bothered enough to end their 6 months without sex. But, with Rachel getting sick, they continue to be in a rut. So, to distract Rachel from her misery, Rachel decides to play, what McKenna calls, "captain save a hoe." But all of this, seemingly, is made to distract Rachel from her various troubles which, by the end of the movie, come to a head.PraiseFor me, perhaps the most interesting part of the film is Temple playing a sex worker. Not because of the eroticism of it, but because she plays one which doesn't have much, if any, shame about what she does. Yes, she notes that sometimes she is the mistress, but at the same time it is noted that cheating is a two way street. But, even outside Temple's dialog and performance, I found it interesting how the perception of what a sex worker was worked into the plot by them noting how she looked like a college student, and yet was in the profession she was. I think it spoke a lot about the various misconceptions people have when it comes to people who honestly do sell sex for a living. And, outside of that, that's it for the praise.CriticismIn all honesty, both Hahn and Radnor in this movie were a bit boring. The reason I say this is because watching Hahn's character, Rachel, be neurotic wasn't the best entertainment, and though she had her moments in which the neuroticism was explained, I just felt that she never broke through that barrier from being a character to just a flawed human being. As for Radnor, be it lack of development, or just his performance, I just really didn't care about his character. In fact, I tried my best to imagine this as some weird HIMYM spin off where he marries the wrong woman just to try to make it interesting. It didn't work though.Overall: Skip ItThough interesting at first, this movie for me fails because really, McKenna brings the most interesting plot into the mix and I felt the script slowly started to realize McKenna would perhaps shadow Rachel, so then they threw in a bunch of issues for Rachel to talk about so she can compete. And overall, I think the film's story doesn't do much besides making me wanting to watch Pretty Woman. For despite Temple having an interesting character, and the whole "captain save a hoe" plot being interesting, with Rachel's issues, and Jeff's aloofness, the film may have a few bright spots, but overall is something I'd recommend to skip.
