After Yang(2022)

jba9

The dance scene in opening credits might be my favorite opening credit scene ever. The rest of the movie is pretty boring, especially Colin Farrell as Jake, even though the concept of an android used to assist in parenting would be cool if done right.

manicure

In a not-so-distant future where Muji has taken over the world, a multiethnic family has to deal with the loss of their android babysitter. The film invites us to reflect on family, technology, and existence through fragments of daily life and bittersweet memories. Although the philosophical questions posed might be nothing new, it’s the approach that makes them relevant, as it’s rare to find sci-fi narrative themes combined with the warm and intimate setting of a family drama, within the walls of a house that seem to be lost between past, present, and future. Although I confess that I teared up a little during the second half, the film is not built around an emotional climax, and might discourage some audiences due to its low-key meditative tone and tendency to rely on artsy cinematography over raw emotions.

CMazina

A contemplative and aesthetically pleasant film which went down well with me.

gazzaala

Love how colin keeps leading me to those niche premises

JimDarko

A decent contemplative film on what it means to be alive and to have lived. Beautifully shot and the future world is realized and hinted at in a great way. My main nitpick is you kind of get it within the first hour and the film keeps hitting the same themes again and again.

Jordyep

Well, _Peacemaker’s_ time of holding the the title of best opening credits dance sequence of the year turns out to be short lived. This is like a great _Black Mirror_ episode (the philosophical kind, not the dystopian kind). I’d also highly recommend it if you’re a fan of Alex Garland (the visuals in this reminded me a lot of _Devs_). We’ve seen this concept of humans and AI living together done before (_Westworld, Blade Runner_), but this is more focussed on family relationships and drama, which makes it very fresh. The cinematography is out of this world, acting is top notch across the board, good score, interesting storytelling that goes in directions you don’t expect, thematically rich, tight editing, it’s really great stuff. Just know what you’re getting into: it’s reflective and meant to give you food for thought, it’s not a pulpy thriller about AI taking over the world. 8.5/10

Copeland1994

Not my personal favorite from A24 or Colin Farrell. It is still quite good and a pretty unique family/sci-fi film. I could certainly see a large chuck of people loving this one, but for me I prefer others. Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching

Saint Pauly

Like a brain dildo for mental masturbation. This sequel to Ex Machina was originally titled Ex Machine. Just kidding. But this movie about a dead android (techno-sapien) only went skin deep and its lack of a human touch meant the movie didn't really touch me. I'm not embarrassed to say I didn't like this film that everyone else did, but I will say many people whose opinion I respect really loved After Yang so you should probably go listen to them instead. At least this time.

miguelreina

The credits with the dance, as in "Pachinko" (2022) seem a characteristic of the director, as does the exploration of memory, even if it comes from AI. There is a beautiful expressiveness in the representation of the database that contains emotions, which turns the memory bank into personal identity, the past as a reconstruction of the present. Kogonada is also sometimes lost in his contemplative gaze, languishing in emotions that become all too apparent in the latter part.

SpeedDemon

Gave this garbage 35 minutes to actually see if it was going anywhere - waste of time.

Lee Brown Barrow

Thematically very interesting but the sluggish pace undermines its power.

destiny84

very boring .not impressed there was nothing exciting about this movie . its extremely slow and I only watched it for Colin .

2016moonlight

Considering I’m not the biggest fan of sci-fi, this is one of the more interesting films I’ve seen in the genre. It’s a tad bit too slow, and it did take me two turns to finish it, but its themes and hypotheses for the future are really fascinating and food for thought. My favourite aspect of the film is maybe its conception of a post-racial world, cultural heritage and what it means to grow up in a family composed of people of a different race than yours. It’s not the film’s most futuristic theme, but its approach and “solution” to it, is. Otherwise, the themes of human (dis)connection, relationship with tech, and the humanising of tech are all very interesting and super pertinent. Kogonada’s directing is marvellous and intentional. I especially liked the way he cinematically translates the process of “remembering”. Beautiful and poignant visuals throughout with a minimalistic score that compliments them perfectly.

BobDole12

didn't know skinny, soft-spoken teashop-owner Colin Farrell was something I needed to watch until now

theshaydub

A bunch of humans who grow attached to a materialistic item. The parents show regret for having let a “technosapian” look after their adopted child and reflect on what they missed, as a result of being poor parents.

saturn6962

Spoilers

This starts amazing and funny however the dance intro credits scene has nothing to do with the rest of the tone of the movie. It goes nowhere and is very boring, yawn inducing nonsense. I watched this due to having 7.5 on imdb at the time, Colin Farrel and A.I. - it sounds like a great mix on paper. By the end I was disappointed, this was not for me at all, I think it is meant for the more "arty" types and it reminded me of the "Birdman" film and how I felt after watching that. There is a boring disconnect between him and his wife, they adopted a chinese child and decided it would be a good idea to get an AI programmed to be of Chinese origin to really raise the child for them and teach her about where she came from. They seem to palm the child off on other people or each other while claiming too busy to raise her yet acknowleding it. It is quite sad overall.