New York Times, 03/30/3007, p.E11, "[A] modern creation with a classic theme involving haves and have-nots, bloodlines and family ties."
Total Film, 04/01/2007, p.42, 3 stars out of 5 -- "Extreme facial close-ups heighten the sense of intimacy and there's powerful playing from the ensemble cast."
Entertainment Weekly, 04/06/2007, p.57, "[T]alented filmmaker Susanne Bier, armed with an outstanding compositional sense, keeps control over the storms of melodrama..." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly, 07/13/2007, p.55, "Bier has made an old-fashioned melodrama, with the kind of skill and humanity that deserve to be back in style." -- Grade: A
Sight and Sound, 03/01/2007, p.44, "Never short on pace and drama, director Susanne Bier's film tackles some hefty issues: actions and their consequences, responsibility, loss, sacrifice and redemption."
Film Comment, 03/01/2007, p.73, "Bier and Jensen whisk us away in an unexpectedly thought-provoking direction....[With a] powerfully understated denouement."
Theatrical Release: March 30, 2007
A businessman offers to make a huge donation to an Indian orphanage in AFTER THE WEDDING. Unfortunately he makes some unreasonable demands on the owner of the orphanage, including a bizarre request to return to his native Denmark to participate in a wedding.