Steineded
How sad is this?
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
iznu
This is probably one of the most well written films i have ever seen. The writers of the film wrote it in two different perspectives.The film was written as if she was dead and at the same time as if she was alive. If two people were to argue over if she was dead or alive during the film they both would be completely right!The film follows a young lady who is depressed and is not appreciative of her life. She gets into an accident and is sent to a mortician who has the gift of speaking to the dead.The question that still lingers is whether or not he buried her alive or was she truly dead to begin with.I had to rematch the film two more times after the first watch and i was still unable to determine if she was dead or alive due to the brilliant writing of the film.
xposipx
This movie began with some promise as the actors did a good job with what they were given. However, the plot becomes pretty silly over time and the more interesting story was related to the relationship between Ricci and Long's characters. If it focused on them for half of the film, I would have cared more about their outcomes. In addition, they wasted Nissen's talent and he was not the least bit creepy and was not believable at all. Like many modern movies, it lacks heart and character and the writing is poorly done.
Lee Eisenberg
As it's own story, I like Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's "After.Life". As a movie, not as much. Both Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson put on great performances: her Anna sinks into confusion about her life (or death?), while his Eliot comes across as the typical guy whose nice demeanor might be hiding something. The rest of the cast doesn't equal them, and despite the unique plot, much of the movie seems like stuff that I've seen before.And then there's the cast, or what it implies. Despite Ricci's versatile career, I still remember her as Wednesday Addams. Liam Neeson used to be known for serious roles - Oskar Schindler and Jean Valjean - but now stars in a bunch of dumb action flicks. I don't know if Justin Long has a most famous role, but I always remember him from "Jeepers Creepers". Malachy McCourt is the brother of "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt, and ran for governor of New York on the Green Party ticket in 2006. And then there's Alice Drummond, who's played supporting roles in a variety of movies ("Ghostbusters", "Awakenings", "In & Out", "Doubt", to name just a few).So, it's an OK, not great movie.
show time
This was a mystery definitely.Anna dies in a car accident, it proves she caused the accident with her cell phone and chaotic emotions behind the wheel. While we did see his van that doesn't prove he killed her as it was a small town.She struggled with life and struggled with her death. How come every chance she could get away she never did.She had 3 days at the morgue with the mortician who was clarvioant and wanted to help her pass over.I saw he hd compassion in him yet was crazy. Notice the dead lady in the morgue who told her your not ready and when she walked outside on her last night there was a death sience.She couldn't leave. How could he prove in 3 days she was dead. Also maybe that stuff he injected kept the body from decomposing. Originally, I thought she was Alive but intil the signs especially the mirror and ghostly call to her boyfriend.So many signs. Also,I mean how could he manage to drive another, her boyfriend to death. Remember elliot told him after the wake ..hurry you don't have much time. He knew he was going to die because he's special (clairvoyant ). Yet..again crazy. A truly interesting movie.I cam to the conclusion the movie started out with her really being alive and he was trying to convince her she's dead but the director or actors started to see another side which became the mystery of whether she was dead or alive.
