Hereafter (2010)

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  May 4, 2012

  Deano78

  A nice idea but the film seems to be lacking direction in the early stages as it switches from 3 stories which eventually come together. Thought it would be more interesting than it was, very surprising to find out it was directed by Clint Eastwood and Steven Speilberg was an exe... read morecutive producer. They normally do much better than this. A missed opportunity.

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  February 3, 2012

  paulsandberg

  In what constitutes contemplating your navel, Clint Eastwood has brought us an allegedly thought provoking film that.... Doesn't provoke any thought. I suppose it's nice that Clint is of an age where he might be ruminating on such a subject, and I found it refreshing that the G ... read moreword was nowhere to be found here, but the film, and here I'm guessing again, failed to provide any answers because it didn't WANT to.
  
  You are left with a bland supposition that an afterlife exists, but what, why, when and how are left drifting in the wind. Taken at face value you have a script that shows three characters all searching for something. A French journalist survives a near death experience and subsequently can't stop thinking about it and what she believes she "saw" while "officially dead". A young twin is lost without his recently deceased brother and thinks that he should be able to communicate with him.
  
  The 3rd character is Matt Damon, who can see past the veil of death and communicate with dead people. Yeah, he really can, and as he tells us, it's a curse, not a blessing. When he touches a person he gets a kind of shock wave and then can see dead folk who are hanging around in purgatory or some such, waiting to contact the real world. This is kind of unnerving and really makes it hard for Damon to carry on a "normal" relationship (Clint and Co do a nice job with this aspect - showing a potential girl friend who, upon being told by Damon that her father wishes forgiveness for what he did to her, feels that there should be secrets in a relationship so dumps him).
  
  All this is fairly interesting, and Clint directs with a sure hand. The cinematography is beautiful (longtime Clint partner Tom Stern is again the Director of Photography), and yet, for all its earnestness and the tightening of circles within circles involving the three characters, the film simply lacks something... it's as if the three stories just don't have any pizzaz on their own - and only by weaving them together do we get any spark of narrative. Even the ending, which makes perfect sense in a way, left me uninvolved when I should have been happy for the outcome.
  
  In the end, I freely admit that we're all searching for something - be it the face of God, or simply a good hamburger, but while I certainly enjoyed my theology courses in college, I really couldn't get involved with the characters nor the big question of the film: what happens to you when you die? As the journalist's colleague states, getting to the gist of it "the lights go out and there's the endless nothing". I don't really agree with that point of view, but I certainly don't adhere to the conventional notions of heaven and hell either - so maybe Clint has point here after all - just wish the film had more going for it in the here and now.

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  January 20, 2012

  Tomassgringo

  I am just one of those that likes to be lazy watching a movie and HATES subtitles. I know it makes a movie more realist I guess, but I watch movies because they are not reality and like to not have to pay too much attention.... I like to multi-task while watching a movie. But t... read morehe story is ok and the acting is very good, but the damn subtitles were just too distracting scattered throughout the movie.

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  December 13, 2011

  DreamExtractor

  Hereafter is another Eastwood film that did not really live up to my expectations, but did not ruin them either, it was a decent and cool experience.

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  November 25, 2011

  spielberg00

  Considerably underrated, supernatural drama finds director Clint Eastwood examines themes of death and the afterlife in an intense but rather mature manner. Rather than having one straightforward plot, the film intermixes three separate (but ultimately meeting) stories): one of ... read morean American factory worker named George (Matt Damon), who is able to communicate with the dead, though he does not particularly wish to; another of a French TV journalist named Marie (Cécile de France), who has been affected by a tsunami, nearly resulting in her death; and a third of an English boy named Marcus (Frankie McLaren), who has been traumatized by the recent death of his twin brother, Jason.
  
  Full Review: http://wp.me/p1Urcx-uL

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  November 17, 2011

  fb701560354

  Hereafter presents the audience with a complicated, touchy, and thought-provoking premise and delivers pretty well. Clint Eastwood does a great job weaving the multiple story lines together, the film looks great, and there is exceptional acting skills by supporting cast. But th... read moree films effectiveness is diminished because of it's slow pace, it's slight predictability, and it's repetitiveness. Consensus: Hereafter has a thought-provoking premise and the film is too long, but has great acting and three great story lines that are told and woven together quite effectively.

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  September 3, 2011

  jamers2011

  I actually thought this was really good and well written...

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  August 1, 2011

  deano

  It's interesting that, at Clint Eastwood should, for the first time, choose to tackle the supernatural and the question of what happens after we die. The fact that the script which hooked him was written by Peter Morgan - such an astute dramatiser of major true-life political eve... read morents and figures (particularly, The Queen and Frost/Nixon) - should make for an exciting prospect.
  This drama is about three lonely people each living in different countries whose lives become indelibly connected in an unforseeable, yet touching way. Cecile De France is stunning as a television reporter who touches her own death and returns. Frankie (or is it George) McLaren is good as the young boy. And Matt Damon's restrained performance is a revelation.
  Eastwood has the assured hand that allows long segments in French with English subtitles and a juncture with two disasters and such a touchy-feely subject, and yet it works. Quietly. Thoughtfully.

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  July 11, 2011

  cosmo313

  This somber drama with supernatural elements is not only a surprising, atypical film for Clint Eastwood to direct, it is also a reinforcement of the fact that, even at his age, he is still a man willing to take risks, and to do so with no real evidence of fear.
  
  Honestly, I'm ra... read morether puzzled by this film. I think it may have been better under someone else's direction, but I will give Mr. Eastwood props for doing this. Also, while I did find some enjoyment out of this, I do think this film (as is) has a number of issues with it, so, even though there are thigns about it I really liked, and some scenes I really enjoyed, I can only give this a mild recommendation.
  
  The plot concerns three different stories about three different people who all have in common the fact that they have experience with death and the afterlife (or supposed afterlife) in some way or another. One is a trouble former psychic, another is the survivor (barely) of a natural disaster, and the other is a grieving young man.
  
  This film, as some have said, is somewhat of a chore to sit through. It's a bit over two hours, but the main thing is that the pacing is not only slow, it's practically glacial. Also, there's a lot of material here, enough so that there really could have been three separate films- one for each lead, instead of tryign to tell all three storeis in a single film. I do admire the ambitiousness, though.
  
  Besides beign very slow, kinda long, and switching between people, places, and storylines, this film really doesn't have a whole lot to say, leaving much up to speculation. No real answers are given. A couple things I really liked htough were that there was a fair amount of subtitles (the natural disaster survivor is a French woman), and the disaster sequence is extremely well done, and very convincing. Watching it made me think more of Roland Emmerich movies, except more realistic, more restrained, and more gripping in terms of being more than just an assault on the ears and eyes.
  
  I really wish this film could have been far better paced, and had more to say, especially since it's roughly 128 minutes long. It did feel odd that Eastwood was directing it, because it's not really something I think he's suited for, but I won't say that it was a mistake for him to make this.
  
  There's enough here that I liked though, so I think you should perhaps give this one a look.

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  June 25, 2011

  solesoulsorrow

  Damon plays a very sympathetic character. The dichotomy between George and some of the other characters are very real-world, very believable. It's a slow paced film with great character development and some intertwine a la Crash. Bryce Dallas Howard did a great job as a supportin... read moreg character. Eastwood is quickly becoming a favorite directer of mine.

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• Matt Damon as George
• Cécile De France as Marie
• Frankie McLaren as Jason
• Jay Mohr as Billy
• George McLaren as Jason
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Melanie
• Richard Kind as Christos
• Lyndsey Marshal as Jackie
• Derek Jacobi as Himself

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• • George: If your worried of being on your own, don't be your not.
• • Billy: You have a duty to do it, because it's a gift.
  • George: It's not a gift Billy, it's a curse.
• • George Lonegan: He says if you're worried about being on your own, don't be. You're not.
• • Marie Lelay: You know, as a scientist and atheist my mind was closed to such things.
• • Marie Lelay: So you think I really did experience something?
  • Dr. Rousseau: Oh, yes. I think you experienced death.

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