Eternity
As with A Big Bold Beautiful Journey released earlier this year, Eternity puts a supernatural twist on your basic romcom. After a full life Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) wakes up in a sort of train station for the afterlife one week after her husband Larry (Miles Teller) died. Returned to their ideal ages of themselves, each gets a week to choose a different perfect world in which to spend eternity, although those who can't decide can choose to stick around the station which is where Joan's dilemma arrives as her first husband Luke (Callum Turner), who died in the Korean War, has been doing that for 67 years waiting for the love of his life in order for them to wade into eternity together.
Breaking most of the rules it sets up early on in order to get the frantic running sequences to the one you love that you often see in these types of movies, Eternity is a bit of a mixed bag. Despite Joan's frustration, and the two men's attempts to out-do each other in her eyes, there's an obvious choice that is dragged out far too long because while one of her suitors is admittedly annoying the other is slightly less interesting than watching paint dry.
The concept of Eternity is more interesting than the execution, although the performances are all (mostly) fine. We also get Da'Vine Joy Randolph and John Early as afterlife coordinators each assigned to the recently-deceased, and their jobs (including the job fair aspect of choosing where to spend eternity) certainly provide some fun moments. I enjoyed A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a little more than most and Eternity a bit less than most leading to similar reactions to each one. Both stumble their way through interesting setups but neither turns out to be as fantastical as promised.
- Title: Eternity
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