The Morning After

The Morning After

Last night she drank to forget. Today she woke up to a murder. Is he her last hope or the last man she should trust?

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Produced by American Filmworks, Lorimar Motion Pictures

1986102 min6.0 / 10

A noir-tinged thriller about a woman framed for murder who must trust an unlikely ally while navigating unreliable memory and mounting paranoia.

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Morning After scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Morning After sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does The Morning After end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Morning After violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Morning After easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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