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After Earth

PG-13

Released May 31, 2013

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

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12%

Tomatometer

212 Reviews

36%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.

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Critics Consensus

After Earth is a dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi -- and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Preachy, draggingly directed by M Night Shyamalan and just not much fun.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

After Earth unfortunately still finds M. Night Shyamalan plodding through another dull, lifeless movie.

Rated: C

Apr 17, 2015

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

The effects are second-hand stuff from Alien and Star Trek, spliced with Shyamalan's regular homilies on Personal Growth.

Rated: 1/5

May 2, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Regardless of the potential here, a neutral, lifeless tone prevails over every aspect, from the direction to the acting to the special FX, but especially the dull script by M. Night Shyamalan and Gary Whitta.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 6, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“After Earth” is a sleep-inducing bore that hasn’t the material or performances to rise above its faults.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

This film is sometimes-brutal survival flick that doubles as a closet-clearing of emotion for a critically injured father and his petrified son.

Feb 11, 2022

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David T

I liked it. Yes, young Jaden’s acting was not the best, but it was not horr in me either. I very much enjoyed the evolution of the parent child relationship, learning tje backstory through flashbacks, and I think the unique accents were a good idea. How people speak changes with time (listen to movie from the 1940’s!) contributing to the “not now” aspect. It also meant everyone spoke the same way regardless of skin color or rank or class. Where some complain about the cold mannerisms, I think this speaks to descendants of people who had a hard life living on a harsh af planet . Some logical shortcomings for sure (it is fiction, remember?) and there seemed to be an absiird concentration of inimical life on Earth. Some of this was filled, but a lot of the encounters played a role on the evolution of the father child relationship. The storyline and the clever usage of a created dialect,turn a slightly sub so so movie into a good yarn that I enjoyed

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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Yesi det s

After just watching it, I can tell it was an okay movie. The acting and a good part of the backgrounds were tacky and unprofessional, but the scenario is interesting, and this is a great approach of the post apocalyptic trope. This movie probably deserves more love, I personally keep a very fond memory of it from when I was younger.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Paul A

maybe the only movie I've ever seen that Will Smith was in that wasn't that good?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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alan g

Horrible horrible horrible. Nepotism at its worst.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Sujith M

I God-blessed love this movie. It's seriously underrated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Spike G

Terrible terrible terrible

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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M. Night Shyamalan

Director

Jaden Smith

Kitai Raige

Will Smith

Cypher Raige

Sophie Okonedo

Faia Raige

Zoë Kravitz

Senshi Raige

Glenn Morshower

Commander Velan

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After Earth: Official Clip - What's in the Cage?

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After Earth: Official Clip - Crashing on Earth

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After Earth: Official Clip - I'm Not a Coward!

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After Earth: Official Clip - The Asteroid Storm

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Synopsis

People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -- which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly -- or perish.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Caleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter, M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Relativity Media, Overbrook Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Disturbing Images|Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 31, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.5M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat

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