Michael’s Movie Grade: B
An effective romantic fantasy.
This movie has a simply wonderful premise. Once you die, you can spend eternity with anyone you want in any place you want, the only catch is that you are stuck there forever. This causes much distress when a woman dies and is reunited with both her dead husbands and must decide who she wants to spend eternity with. Everything about this premise is already engaging and the film mostly lives up to what it promises. Both of the romantic relationships are very heartfelt. In this era of phoned in Hallmark style romances, it is rare to find a romantic movie that actually feels romantic. Yet this film truly is romantic. I was surprised to have it actually pull on my heart strings as many of the scenes are genuinely moving. This movie also lives up to the fantasy part of the premise as well. This world is completely absorbing and because the rules are well established completely believable.
What really brings this movie down however is the constant quirky comedy. The problem is the comedy is never really that funny. Most of the comedic moments fall completely flat and some are even painful. Despite the constant comedy I maybe chuckled twice and I never laughed out loud. The film also has real problems with its pacing and could have used a lot of editing.
Despite its flaws though this is a genuinely moving film.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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