Hereafter
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Cecile de France
Trailer (YT)
Rottentomatoes - 46%
IMDB - 67%
Hereafter has an interesting enough premise. The idea of crossed paths in a film has always intrigued me. Where were the characters before? What led to that momentous meeting?
While I enjoyed some of the style of the film and felt an invested interest in what would happen to the characters, overall the film didn't quite satisfy.The writing and acting are meant to provide the tone for the movie, meant to slowly unfurl the characters, but Hereafter's premise seems unfulfilled and never quite eventuates.
There are things to like about Hereafter though: a wicked CG opening sequence, Frankie and George McLaren as the twins, .This film suffers from the suggestion that it's science fiction. The sci-fi elements feel like barely more than the background. It's an example of how hype can twist our expectation and leave us feeling empty instead of being open to what the film is actually offering: a slow moving character study that deftly mimics the unpredictability of life itself.
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