US Edition'Eternity' Review: Choosing a Forever Partner, After Death Do You Part
Set in a brutalist afterlife hotel, the film explores a woman’s final week to choose between two husbands, highlighting platonic chemistry between Anna and Larry.
- On Wednesday, A24 released Eternity in theaters, a PG-13 romantic comedy about Joan choosing who she spends forever with.
- Screenwriter Patrick Cunnane and director David Freyne developed the story to explore love, choice, and memory, drawing on throwback influences like Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life for a light but thoughtful tone.
- Most of the film takes place in the Junction, a brutalist afterlife where the recently departed shop themed fates like Paris Land and use memory tunnels before making one final choice.
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Miles Teller deliver standout chemistry that drew laughs during the recent New Orleans visit, while Olsen's performance was praised after filming wrapped, following the New York leg.
- Aiming to blend screwball comedy with mortality, Eternity runs 114 minutes and reviewers call it cozy and warmhearted for wide audiences.
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Breaking Down the Unexpected Twists and Turns of 'Eternity'
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Eternity Death comes suddenly in Eternity, but the story that follows moves with a slower rhythm. After bickering with his wife in the car on the way to a family gender-reveal party, Larry (Barry Primus) dies choking on a pretzel: one moment surrounded by children and grandchildren, the next jolted awake on a train, decades younger (now played by Miles Teller). He still thinks like an octogenarian, grumbl…
'Eternity' review: Choosing a forever partner, after death do you part
In "Eternity," a sweet, breezy romantic comedy set in the afterlife, a woman must choose between lust and love, passion and stability. These are the big questions Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) faces when she shows up at death's door. (This isn't…
'Eternity' review: Choosing a forever partner, after death do you part
In "Eternity," a sweet, breezy romantic comedy set in the afterlife, a woman must choose between lust and love, passion and stability. These are the big questions Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) faces when she shows up at death's door. (This isn't a ...
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