Rotten
A hollow concoction of sex, politics and endless chatter that's just a few camera angles short of hard-core porn.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Overview
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill, a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through passionate sex, soul-searching conversations ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview. As their affair heats up, the course of Bill's life begins to take an abrupt and unexpected turn.
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Fresh
Exudes an amiably accessible vibe that softens the edges of its freewheeling explicitness.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
Sex or politics? Politics or sex? Director-writer Philippe Diaz can't decide what "Now & Later" should be about. So he mixes the two -- and comes up with a murky mess.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
An oddball hybrid of porn film and message movie.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Rotten
For all of its subtext-free critique of American hypocrisy, Now & Later's sex is strictly all-American.
Karina Longworth, Village Voice
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