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    After Dark, My Sweet

    R1990 · Crime drama · 1h 54m

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  1. Mar 13, 2005 · “After Dark, My Sweet” is the movie that eluded audiences; it grossed less than $3 million, has been almost forgotten, and remains one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern films noir. It captures above all the lonely, exhausted lives of its characters.

  2. 80% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 62% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings After escaping from a mental hospital, drifting ex-boxer Kid Collie (Jason Patric) meets an alcoholic widow, Fay (Rachel Ward), who ...

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  3. After Dark, My Sweet Reviews. It's a modern noir that, rather than merely cheerfully copying the genre conventions, understands despair from the inside. Full Review | Original Score:...

  4. After Dark, My Sweet is a film with a classic noir set-up: a desperate man teams up with a violent drifter and an alcoholic widow to kidnap a rich child. Director James Foley takes this plot and makes the best film that could possibly have been made with an already good premise.

  5. Mar 18, 2024 · Based on a classic, gritty pulp novel by Jim Thompson, the film tells the story of a homeless, mentally ill ex-boxer named Collie (Jason Patric) who wanders around the California desert from town to town.

  6. Aug 24, 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet: Directed by James Foley. With Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern. After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.

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  8. Aug 24, 1990 · After Dark, My Sweet - Metacritic. 1990. R. Avenue Pictures. 1 h 54 m. Summary An ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left.

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