Hereafter

October 2010

(24)

Synopsis

Oscar® winner Matt Damon ("Good Will Hunting," "Invictus") stars in "Hereafter," directed by Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") from a screenplay by two time Oscar® nominee Peter Morgan ("Frost/Nixon," "The Queen"). "Hereafter" tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Matt Damon stars as George, a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (Cécile de France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus (Frankie/George McLaren), a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might or must exist in the hereafter.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 For mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images, and for brief strong language. © 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights Reserved.

Reviews

4.3

24 total

5 13

4 7

3 3

2 0

1 1

Trevor Johnston

The result may not plumb Shyamalanian awfulness, but if you did get to the afterlife you'd hope they weren't playing this movie.

Lisa Kennedy

The film is a deeply compassionate, decidedly secular and somewhat plodding meditation on what matters now and what lies beyond this life.

Tom Long

Eastwood and Morgan skillfully and slowly unveil each character's struggles and then send them on their way to inevitable encounters with one another.

Joy Tipping

The last 30 minutes of the film hint at what it might have been if someone had whipped that script into shape; the idea of exploring experiences of the afterlife was a great one, and Eastwood...

Dana Stevens

Though I found Hereafter meandering and occasionally sentimental, I couldn't help but admire Clint Eastwood's ambition in taking on-headfirst-the greatest fact of human existence.

A Google User

Interesting and Touching The movie held my interest from beginning to end. The emotional affect of losing someone close and wondering where they are was portrayed so well.

Cast and credits

Actors	Matt Damon, Cecile De France
Producers	Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Lorenz
Director	Clint Eastwood
Writers	Peter Morgan

Additional information

Rotten tomatoes® score

46%

Audio language

French (Stereo)

Subtitles

English

Rental period

Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.

Info cards

Enabled

Run time

128 minutes

Rating

PG-13

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