Hereafter (Clint Eastwood) - 2010
This movie is really three stories that somehow come together at the end. There is a message here and it is that there is life of some sort after death. Matt Damon is a reluctant psychic who is trying to run away from himself. Belgian actress Cecile De France is a television journalist who has a near-death experience during a tsunami that hit a fancy seaside resort city. (The tsunami special effect is well done.) And, Frankie & George McLaren are twin brothers who are separated by a terrible accident. Eastwood carefully moves the stories along with excellent piano-and-strings music composed by the director. Although the stories seem to promise an afterlife, there is no reason to believe the conclusion. The agnostic/atheist within me does not expect anything but will be pleasantly surprised if the Eastwood future proves to be true. If so, I promise to be a good and helpful spirit. [JAM 11/3/2010]