In October 2023, it debuted on the channel Netflix The movie “The world after us”, a brilliant production starring Julia Roberts alongside Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Mihala, and Kevin Bacon. At the time, the feature film became an instant success, due to its interesting premise and star-studded cast.
Directed by Sam Esmail, the director was also responsible for writing the screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by Romain Allan, which was published in 2020. In the story, we follow a family that decides to go on vacation and is surprised by the events of the apocalypse. Events that witness the collapse of telephone networks, television, and other technologies used. From that moment on, they realized that the situation was not just a temporary collapse.
The World After Us is one of Netflix's most-watched movies of 2023
On social media, audiences questioned the film's outcome, but this did not prevent the production from achieving public success. According to Variety, “The World After Us” was the most-watched title on Netflix in the second half of the year, as it piled up around 121 million views, It became the fifth most watched film in streaming history.
On review sites, the production has received relevant scores, such as on Rotten Tomatoes, where it has an approval rating of 73%, based on 152 reviews. Overall, critics rated the film well, in contrast to popular opinion, where the audience approval rating on the same site was only 35%.
