''After Everything'' (also known as ''Eternal Love'' (UK); originally titled ''Shotgun'') is a 2018 American

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

written and directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power. It stars

Jeremy Allen White Jeremy Allen White (born February 17, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the Showtime dramedy series '' Shameless'' (2011–2021). He has also appeared in the first season of the t ...

, Maika Monroe, DeRon Horton, Sasha Lane,

Dean Winters Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' and had roles in TV series'' Rescue Me'', ''30 Rock'', '' Sex and the City'' and '' Law & Order: Special Vict ...

Gina Gershon Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress. She has had roles in the films ''Cocktail'' (1988), ''Red Heat'' (1988), '' Showgirls'' (1995), '' Bound'' (1996), ''Face/Off'' (1997), '' The Insider'' (1999), '' Demonlover'' (2002) ...

and

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. When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else. It had its world premiere on

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on March 9, 2018. It was released on October 12, 2018, by Good Deed Entertainment, to positive critical reception.

Cast

as Elliott * Maika Monroe as Mia * DeRon Horton as Nico * Sasha Lane as Lindsay *

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as Chris *

as Tracy *

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as Paul *

as Dr. Lisa Harden *

as Blake *

Olivia Luccardi Olivia Luccardi (born May 17, 1989) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series '' Channel Zero: Butcher's Block'' and as Yara Davis in the supernatural thriller film '' It Fo ...

as Janelle *

Callie Thorne Calliope "Callie" Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series '' Necessary Roughness''. She is also known for past work such as her roles on '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' as Detective Laura ...

as Celia *

Rya Kihlstedt Rya Kihlstedt is an American actress. She starred in the 1997 comedy film ''Home Alone 3'' as Alice Ribbons. The following years she appeared in films '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' Women in Trouble'' (2009) and '' The Atticus Institute'' (2015). On ...

as Rebecca * Marlyne Barrett as Dr. Beatty * Peter Vack as Young Cancer Survivor *

Sendhil Ramamurthy Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Ramamurthy is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama '' Heroes'', Gabriel "Gabe" Lowan in ''Beauty and ...

as David * Lizzy DeClement as Vanessa *

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as Eliott's Ex * Christina Scherer as Jenny

Production

In March 2017, it was announced

and Maika Monroe, had been cast in the film, with Hannah Marks and Joey Power directing from a screenplay they wrote. Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Michael J. Rothstein, Ash Christian, Sean Glover and Wei Wang are producing the project, under their Yale Productions and WYSJ Media banners, respectively. In April 2017, Sasha Lane joined the cast of the film.

Filming

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began on April 3, 2017, in

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Release

The film had its world premiere at

on March 9, 2018. Shortly after, Good Deed Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on October 12, 2018.

Critical reception

''After Everything'' received positive reviews. On

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, it has approval rating based on reviews, with an average rating of . On

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, the film scored 67 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

External links

* {{Hannah Marks 2018 comedy-drama films 2018 films 2018 independent films American comedy-drama films American independent films Films directed by Hannah Marks Films shot in New York City 2018 directorial debut films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films