Hereafter

Hereafter (2010) starring Matt Damon, Cecile de France. Directed by Clint Eastwood. This movie is all about the afterlife, and what happens to us after we die. Damon plays George, a real psychic who doesn't want to be a psychic. People are constantly pestering him to do readings, but the idea freaks him out, and when he is pressed into doing a reading for a girl he's interested in, she freaks out. De France plays a French woman who drowns during a tsunami, then is revived. While "dead," she has visions of the hereafter, which leave her wondering about the afterlife. Meanwhile in London, a young boy loses his twin brother in a car accident, and seeks to contact him. This movie is directed in the typical spare manner of Eastwood, but it still manages to pack quite an emotional punch. The ending is a little hard to figure, but I think the clues are there. The subtitles supplied with the disc were a great help in understanding the dialogue, and in understanding the film. Grade: A-