Clint Eastwood
Hereafter

I must admit I was misled by a plot that seemed promising, adding to the fact that the director might be a certain Clint Eastwood.

The choices that lay before me that evening were not the best: the much-talked-about Checco Zalone movie, this feature film, and another 3D movie for which I honestly didn't feel like spending the amount required for that type of screening.

This "Hereafter" is unfortunately a disappointment from all points of view. Two hours and more of flat and monotonous film, filled with three stories that alternate on the screen with the same theme, namely death and experiences close to it, culminating in an ending as predictable as the film itself.

"Hereafter" (featuring Matt Damon in the role of George Lonegan, a psychic worker from San Francisco) even starts well, particularly in narrating these three stories, drawing inspiration from real events: the dramatic tsunami in Asia a few years ago (shown here fully and highly dramatically) and the terrorist attack at the London station in 2005. The problem is that from there, the risk is falling asleep in front of the screen with unlikely séances and extremely slow narrative pacing that further affects the final result.

One would expect, given the themes addressed, that the film would communicate and leave something behind, have meaning, and intrigue the viewer, prompting questions. Instead, like most modern films, this leaves absolutely nothing, except the conviction of having wasted money.

Unfortunately, the only question the unsuspecting viewer asks is: when will "Hereafter" end?