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IMDb rating 8.4
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Critic Season 1 Ben Travers
rated 6

...the writer, director, and star actually tells a sweet, earnest story about learning when and why to shut the hell up.

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Critic Ben Travers
rated 6

...the writer, director, and star actually tells a sweet, earnest story about learning when and why to shut the hell up.

Read full review at Indie Wire
Critic The Sydney Morning Herald Staf

After Life is something else again, straddling all of that beautiful discomfort with something profoundly more complex, an exploration of the pivot between life and death.

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Critic Season 1 The Sydney Morning Herald Staf

After Life is something else again, straddling all of that beautiful discomfort with something profoundly more complex, an exploration of the pivot between life and death.

Read full review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Lajlev
rated 9

Grat show but a bit sad

1 year ago
Jonas Boyah
rated 10

Absolutely hila

10 months ago
Critic Season 1 Ed Power
rated 8

...often pitiless and hard to watch - but those are the moments Gervais's earnestness shines most brightly.

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Season 3 Manjima Das
rated 9

...a good and sentimental end to the show that has been like a glimmer of hope as well as despair in our life.

Read full review at Leisure Byte

Cast & Crew

Ricky Gervais
As Tony
Ricky Gervais
Director
Paul Kaye
As Psychiatrist
Ashley Jensen
As Emma
Jo Hartley
As June

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After Life follows the story of Tony, a newspaper writer who is struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife. In an effort to cope with his grief, Tony adopts a gruff and unpleasant persona, pushing away those who try to help him. However, as the series progresses, Tony begins to realize that he does care about a select few people, and he eventually abandons his plan to punish the world. Instead, he finds meaning in life by helping and being there for others. Despite his ongoing struggles with grief and suicidal thoughts, Tony learns to find purpose and connection in his life.

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