Review of Hereafter (2010) by Sarah C — 08 Mar 2012

"Hereafter" was a major disappointment for me. It's not that I thought the movie would be the best I'd ever seen or anything like that, but coming from such high-caliber talent as Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood, I guess I just expected more.

It's pretty boring. It's not that I have to have high speed chases, shootouts and explosions to entertain me all the time, either. I like those movies on occasion, but I also like movies that take a while to tell their story. I call them "slow burners". Think of a firecracker with a really long wick. It might take a while for the wick to burn all the way down to the firework, but once it does it explodes and is incredibly impressive.

"Hereafter" had a long wick, so to speak, but once it had burned down to the firework, it was a dud.

I really think it was tricky marketing to put Matt Damon front and center on the movie poster. Sure, he's the main character, I guess, but he gets very little screen time in proportion to every one else it seems.

There were a few times I thought the movie was going to go off in a more interesting direction but it always backed away from it and continued on it's boring course.

In short, I'd say avoid this movie unless you need help falling asleep at night. It's that boring! Sure, there are a couple of emotional scenes but there's just not enough there to really make the whole movie work.