After We Fell (2021)
After We Fell is a 2021 drama movie directed by Castille Landon, with a running time of 1h 39m. It stars Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Carter Jenkins.
Tessa Young thought she had her future mapped, then Hardin Scott happened. This third chapter in the After saga finds their relationship strained by old wounds and fresh secrets, including a revelation about Tessa's own family that shifts the ground beneath her. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin return as the on-again couple whose chemistry runs hot and self-destructive in equal measure. Adapted from Anna Todd's bestselling novel, the film trades in the glossy angst of new-adult romance: grand declarations, harder consequences, and a young woman deciding how much she is willing to forgive.
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What is After We Fell about?
Tessa Young thought she had her future mapped, then Hardin Scott happened. This third chapter in the After saga finds their relationship strained by old wounds and fresh secrets, including a revelation about Tessa's own family that shifts the ground beneath her. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin return as the on-again couple whose chemistry runs hot and self-destructive in equal measure. Adapted from Anna Todd's bestselling novel, the film trades in the glossy angst of new-adult romance: grand declarations, harder consequences, and a young woman deciding how much she is willing to forgive.
When was After We Fell released?
After We Fell was released on 1 September 2021.
How long is After We Fell?
After We Fell runs 1h 39m.
Who made After We Fell?
After We Fell was directed by Castille Landon.
Where can I watch After We Fell?
After We Fell is available on Kanopy and Netflix.
Where to watch After We Fell
Cast
- Josephine Langford as Tessa Young
- Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Hardin Scott
- Carter Jenkins as Robert Freeman
- Louise Lombard as Trish Daniels
- Chance Perdomo as Landon Gibson
- Rob Estes as Ken Scott
- Arielle Kebbel as Kimberly "Kim" Vance
- Stephen Moyer as Christian Vance
- Mira Sorvino as Carol Young
- Frances Turner as Karen Scott
- Kiana Madeira as Nora
- Atanas Srebrev as Richard Young
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A few thoughts on After We Fell
If the toxic-sweet pull of Tessa and Hardin is the draw, contemporary romance novels like The Fine Print and Lights Out deliver the same slow-burn ache in prose. The college-set series Off Campus scratches the same new-adult itch on screen. For the breakup-and-longing soundtrack, Taylor Swift's 1989 is practically built for the mood.
More new-adult romance about love that keeps wrecking itself
After We Fell keeps Tessa and Hardin locked in the same push and pull: grand gestures followed by harder consequences. The rest of the After series carries that same charge, and so do the neighboring franchises it inspired: My Fault: London and Your Fault: London put a different couple through comparable turmoil, while Fifty Shades of Grey set the template these stories all work from.
YA romance where wanting someone becomes its own risk
Tessa's whole arc in After We Fell is about how much she will risk for wanting someone she probably shouldn't. Unravel Me and Ignite Me push that same reckless pull inside the Shatter Me series, The Fine Print and Flowers in the Attic wrap it in forbidden circumstance, and Call Me by Your Name treats the same first-love intensity with a gentler hand.
Coming-of-age dramas where a first serious relationship turns controlling
After We Fell plays Tessa and Hardin's bond as intoxicating even when it should not be. These coming-of-age dramas take that same dynamic more seriously: The Souvenir and its sequel follow a young woman drawn to an older, unreliable partner, Fish Tank and Thirteen watch a teenage girl pulled toward people who are bad for her, and Bastard Out of Carolina traces a childhood shaped by a dangerous stepfather.