Eternity | Film Review

In the afterlife, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) finds herself torn between her husband of many decades (Miles Teller), and her first love who has been waiting for her to arrive (Callum Turner). With one week to decide who she spends eternity with, Joan has to make the hardest decision of her life.

I loved the concept of this film. The idea is so unique, and yet you immediately understand it and can put yourself in the character's shoes. I really wanted to see how it would be dealt with.

I liked this film a lot.

Though that said, even with how fantastical the concept is, I did have to suspend my disbelief. Mainly because of the way this situation is treated, as if this kind of thing is a one off that has never happened before and would never happen again. I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that, in this world, no one before Joan had ever lost a spouse, remarried, and then had to choose between them - it doesn't make sense to me!

Based on the description alone I didn't expect the film to have a comedic tone, but I loved when it went in this direction. In fact, I think they could have pushed it more towards the comedy side.

It was so much funnier than I expected!

Despite not really seeing strong chemistry between Joan and either of her options, I didn't expect to have a preference as soon as I did. I thought it would be more of a battle, but I knew really soon in who I wanted Joan to end up with.

I loved the relationship between Miles Teller and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who played Anna. These characters worked really well together, and I loved every second of them.

The concept is really original, and this is continued in the writing and the way the film is shot. Everything about it is original and unique.

Some of the characters were more compelling than others - in fact, the character that I ended up being the least interested in was Joan herself.

I really liked the way memories were shown, not only was it original, but it was really beautiful to see the way things are stored, and I loved that Joan got to go back and watch them - wouldn't that be great to have in real life?

The ending was really sweet, I loved the build-up, and the direction it went in.

Overall I really liked this film. I thought it was really sweet and original, and I'd definitely recommend it.

7.5/10