Hereafter is a great movie! However, it might not be the movie you expected. The trailers are a bit misleading.
I'll ruin the first 3 minutes of the movie, if that's okay...
The movie opens with a tsunami that washes ashore at a fancy resort, clearly killing hordes of people. You see this in the trailer. They include it for shock-and-action value. So you might enter the theater expecting an action movie. That would be a huge mistake. You will be disappointed.
This is a drama - and a very good one. But don't be distracted by a quick action sequence at the beginning of the movie. This is a story about people, told in a very slow, deliberate and dramatic style.
All things considered, the movie was a tad slow. They could have cut out 15 minutes somewhere. Problem is, I can't think of 15 minutes I would cut - any of it I would miss.
So this is how IMDb reviews saved this movie for me. The reviews had titles like "Rolls in like a lion, rolls out like a lamb," and "slow movie but sticks with you." These great review subject lines fixed my expectations of Hereafter. So I enjoyed myself at the theater. Thank you IMDb and IMDb reviewers!
I'll ruin the first 3 minutes of the movie, if that's okay...
The movie opens with a tsunami that washes ashore at a fancy resort, clearly killing hordes of people. You see this in the trailer. They include it for shock-and-action value. So you might enter the theater expecting an action movie. That would be a huge mistake. You will be disappointed.
This is a drama - and a very good one. But don't be distracted by a quick action sequence at the beginning of the movie. This is a story about people, told in a very slow, deliberate and dramatic style.
All things considered, the movie was a tad slow. They could have cut out 15 minutes somewhere. Problem is, I can't think of 15 minutes I would cut - any of it I would miss.
So this is how IMDb reviews saved this movie for me. The reviews had titles like "Rolls in like a lion, rolls out like a lamb," and "slow movie but sticks with you." These great review subject lines fixed my expectations of Hereafter. So I enjoyed myself at the theater. Thank you IMDb and IMDb reviewers!