Hereafter Reviews

Clint Eastwood's late life/late career fascination with mortality, death and grieving devolves, at long last, into a cheap parlor trick in Hereafter.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Superficially satisfying but oftentimes disappointing, "Hereafter" focuses on three major stories, one of which works far better than the other two.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/5

A terrific, albeit dreary, character drama that directly addresses one of humanity's most enduring mysteries.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Before long, the afterlife starts to sound pretty damn appealing.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Thankfully, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just don't expect any grand revelations before the curtain falls.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

...The filmmakers choose a period setting for their film, then dispense with it part way into the story, once it's become a hindrance to the interests of the corporate sponsors...

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...an engaging, sporadically enthralling drama that ranks as one of Eastwood's better efforts as of late.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Earnestly heartfelt all the way, this movie goes bonkers right out of the gate and doesn't let up until the final shot of Damon having a vision of his own future, so don't worry if you find yourself giggling.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Hereafter can't quite make up its mind what it is exactly about, resulting in a film that builds and builds and builds ... to nothing.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

A powerful, intoxicating spiritual drama with a swift, delicate emotional core and fascinating characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

...an honest attempt to explore the single greatest mystery of life...with intelligence, open-mindedness, understanding, and compassion.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

All in all, a disappointment from Mr Eastwood.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

Dull and unmoving, Hereafter offers little more than cop out resolutions to its supernatural themes, and a lack of testicular fortitude in its refusal to utter the words "Heaven" or "God".

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

What is terrific about Eastwood is that he has a real cleanness in his approach to filmmaking and there isn't this claptrap of sentimentality surrounding it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

In the end, an elevating and in many ways, exceptional experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Hereafter is worth taking seriously because, finally, it's about taking care to live decently -- not piously, or proudly, but honestly, in the here and now.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

This melancholy tale - not so much about the afterlife as about its teasingly morbid lure on three people in different countries - is far from director Clint Eastwood's best, and comes with a particularly dull performance from Matt Damon.

| Original Score: 2.5/5

Now powering through his 80s, Clint Eastwood is doing the best, most thoughtful work of his career.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

An unusual but absolutely absorbing work which bravely tackles the big questions with thoughtfulness and real emotion.

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