Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lacklustre sex life and career that's gone kaput, she visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna, a stripper she adopts as her live-in nanny.
"Afternoon Delight" puts the typical suburban mother's lifestyle under an uncomfortably honest microscope, then documents the sporadically funny and occasionally sad results.
– Sean O'Connell,
Washington Post,
5 Sep 2013
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It's refreshing to hear dialogue that's natural and modern and doesn't try to pontificate. And the rewards are many.
– Leba Hertz,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Sep 2013
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The entire film is good but the revelation here is Hahn, reliably one of the funniest women in Hollywood, now suddenly given a rich, complex and even sexy role.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
6 Sep 2013
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The results are a little life lesson-y but well-observed.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
12 Sep 2013
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The story doesn't hold together, but Hahn and Temple are terrific.