Review of After Earth (2013) by David Edelstein for New York Magazine/Vulture — 30 May 2013
Were Shyamalan and Smith deliberately invoking the terror — now omnipresent in urban African-American communities — of lethal asthma attacks in children? I’m not sure how I feel about something so real and so wrenching in the context of a Grade D (unfit for human habitation) sci-fi picture like After Earth.
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This review of After Earth (2013) was written by David Edelstein and published by New York Magazine/Vulture on 30 May 2013.
After Earth has generally received mixed reviews.
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