Rating of
2/4
"Hereafter" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 10/09/12
A San Franciscan psychic whose uncontrollable ability to commune with the dead has caused him to lead a life in isolation, a London schoolboy who lost his twin brother and a French reporter who suffered a near death experience converge in a chance encounter that changes all of their lives. Hereafter begins with a stunning sequence set during a tsunami that would put Roland Emmerich to shame and sets the scene beautifully for an "adult" exploration into the belief of an afterlife. However what we actually get is a rather long winded daytime soap opera during which very little at all actually happens. Matt Damon does put in quite a sensitive performance and his scenes with Bryce Dallas Howard are perfectly judged but they lead nowhere. Instead we are left with what look like leftover scenes from Eastenders as Frankie McLaren is as wooden as a pine box intertwined with the aimless wanderings of the admittedly otherwise appealing Cecile De France. After The Adjustment Bureau and now this, it seems Damon is now the go-to guy for stealth chick flicks as this is more The Lake House than The Sixth Sense and I couldn't help thinking as the credits rolled that he should've signed up for match.com instead. It's a much easier way to meet chicks.
