Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

laperlealex A great film, Scorcese is for me the best director of all time but we never hear of this film... We should because it's a film that even if your not a Scorcese fan, you would love it. It's entertaining all along.

thatchtastic One of my tops. Classic NYC and holds up. The story is so something I'll never let go. Under rated.

ronin_wendigo After Hours is the kind of movie that inspired lots of filmmakers but ultimately does not work by itself as a work of art.The film tells the story of an average 80s worker that finds himself into a bizarre adventure full of absurd and terrifying situations.The problem with the movie is that everything (the plot, the characters...) is so absurd that at the end you stop caring about what may happen next. The fact that the script jokes about thing that are not laughable (rape, suicide...) does not help at all.I understand that this movie's absurd humour and the way it deals with twisted versions of actual 80s fears probably were very innovative in its time, but nowadays its not enough to surprise the average viewer.

Alfred Schnauss For many years this movie, together with a few others, formed my view of NYC as a mysterious, adventurous, and dangerous place. Although not as gritty and threatening as the Manhattan seen in Taxi Driver or Serpico or even The Warriors, there is a similar feeling in this movie that anything may happen and that downtown is not safe during after hours. After Hours does not take place during the bleak 70s but during the 80s, when SoHo is on the rise to (or well into) the gentrification of today. On my first, and all subsequent visits to SoHo, I have felt and then relived disillusion while seeing major brand stores in the neighborhood. Seeing SoHo today, its hard to believe After Hours as an Oddyssean fairy tale that probably set out to satire the preconceptions of SoHo at the time, of a somewhat dangerous place.One of the reasons I love After Hours is its easy-breezy feel. I read somewhere that Scorsese took on the film on a career low, when other options where few. If that forced him into this territory, lovers of Scorsese should be thankful, since After Hours serves up something very different from his classic show-pieces (however great they may be). I can think of very few films that are quite as enjoyable and easily consumed but still should be considered a serious piece of work. The film leans more towards comedy than is often the case with Scorsese but with familiar camera and editing work. The pace is high throughout the movie and the twists and turns of the story is always entertaining. Other highlight are of course small parts by favorites like John Heard and Catherine O'Hara.After Hours is arguably the most underrated of Scorseses film (despite the high IMDb and Metascore ratings). Overshadowed by many of his other highlights, many will probably consider it a minor Scorsese due to its mainly comedic touch. At the same time, it is a highly entertaining thriller and a proof to Scorseses versatility.