Excellent acting from generally not known or not well known performers would probably be enough to endorse this TV movie, but it is also surprisingly well written.
I say "surprisingly" because writing generally has deteriorated in what we generically call "Hollywood," but "After All These Years" is just one more example of quite high quality movie producing.
This was just -- 2 May 2021 -- presented on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, a channel to which I'm becoming increasingly addicted. I swore when I moved into my new apartment where there is a TV set and a cable connection I wouldn't waste my time watching.
Ha!
I have in fact spent far too much time in front of the tube, and one reason is such thoroughly enjoyable films as "After All These Years."
I'm sure it will pop up again and I strongly recommend you watch.
After All These Years
2013
Action / Mystery / Thriller
After All These Years
2013
Action / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody.
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March 28, 2020 at 10:04 AM
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Remarkably good TV movie!
Wonderful is all I can say
I thought oh here we go another weepy. I couldn't be more pleasantly surprised. It is hilarious and has a great plot. I did figure it out but not until near the end. It was complex enough to keep you interested, and they didn't treat us as stupid, it wasn't made easy for the audience which is really refreshing. You had to listen to get the twists and turns and Wendie Malick could not have been cast more perfectly. I loved her in Frasier and she looks younger now! I think this is worth a watch whether it's on UK Channel 5 or Hallmark or if you hire it. It's a cracking film and a pleasurable way to spend an evening or afternoon. Keep up the great work in producing the best TV movies ever Scott Smith you are the king.
Hallmark mystery
On their 30th wedding anniversary, Michael Brandon surprises his wife Audrey Brandon (Wendie Malick) by announcing that he's leaving her for his associate Christine Boll. Months later, they are finalizing their divorce when Audrey stumbles upon his husband in the kitchen stabbed to death. She becomes the main suspect as Michael had moved out months earlier. She has solve the case herself.
Wendie Malick is a joy. She tries her best. This murder mystery tries to be comedic. It falls flat and deflates the tension. It's all meaningless as Audrey chases down one character after another. Non of them stand out. It's hard to follow her investigation with people who don't matter and a story without flow. Quite frankly, she needs a investigative buddy and she needs to be smarter. It's a series of information dumps. Hallmark needs to do better.