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HEREAFTERA Review by Shlomoh ShermanEuclid, Ohio - November 15, 2010 Writer: Peter Morgan Tagline: If you think you are alone, you're not! Genres: Drama - Fantasy Plot: A drama centered on three people who are touched by death in different ways. Filming Locations: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK |
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Angered by the unhappiness his psychic revelations bring to the grieving and by his brother's insistence that he use his psychic ability to make a fast buck, George
abruptly leaves America and travels abroad to get away from unhappy drama in his life. Cecile has written a book about the afterlife based on visions she saw as she
lay dying, before being resucitated, and is autographing her book at a London book store. Marcus, hurt and grieving over the death of his twin brother, sees a TV news
feature about Cecile's book. A series of events bring these three people together in a feel-good climax.
This is a film that any [unjaded and non-cynical] movie-goer can enjoy. Because there is no detailed depiction of what really will happen to us after we pass on, no one's religious sensibilities need be offended.
I always enjoy watching Matt Damon on screen. Cindy also enjoyed this movie.
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George Lonegan is an American psychic who, urged on by his brother, has been deliverling messages for relatives and friends from those who have passed on. Cécile De France is a Paris journalist who has had a near death experience. Marcus is a British young boy, a twin, whose brother is killed in a street automobile accident.
The trailer to this movie made me curious, and the movie was actually better than I had anticipated. Clint Eastwood again delivers a really good film experience without
indulging in too much corny speculation about questions revolving around the meaning of life after death. The acting is good and film moves along at nice pace, pulling the audience along to a hopefull anticipated ending.
Cast: Top Billed Only
Cécile De France ... Marie LeLay
Thierry Neuvic ... Didier
Cyndi Mayo Davis ... Island Hotel Clerk
Lisa Griffiths ... Stall Owner
Jessica Griffiths ... Island Girl
Ferguson Reid ... Rescuer
Derek Sakakura ... Rescuer
Jay Mohr ... Billy
Richard Kind ... Christos
Matt Damon ... George Lonegan
Charlie Creed-Miles ... Photographer
Frankie McLaren ... Marcus / Jason
George McLaren ... Marcus / Jason
Lyndsey Marshal ... Jackie
Rebekah Staton ... Social Worker
Several biographies describe how Clint Eastwood was stranded offshore in the ocean several days after his Navy training plane crashed. The experience is probably what helped him film the tsunami scene in Hereafter.
"Una Furtiva Lagrima" from "L'elisir D'amore" Written by Gaetano Donizetti Performed by Peter Dvorsky
Courtesy of Cobra Entertainment LLC By Arrangement with Source/Q
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images, and for brief strong language.
Run time: 129 minutes