Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
The two leading players seem to have a swell time throughout.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Surprisingly successful sequel to the delightful, Dashiell Hammett-based comedy-mystery, The Thin Man, with Powell and Loy as charmingly witty as ever.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
If After the Thin Man is not quite the delight The Thin Man was, it is, at the very least, one of the most urbane comedies of the season.
– Frank S. Nugent,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
The mystery elements amount to much less than Powell and Loy's effervescent interplay as the movies' most happily married couple.