Eternity

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⭐9/10

This was our choice for Valentine's this year. In a way it was kinda a tough movie for the occasion - it asks some questions I'm not sure I want to think about. But by the end I was completely sold and really liked this as a unique, creative romance. 

In this one we meet a couple who have had a nice, plain marriage for decades, and then when they both die they meet up in the afterlife except there's a problem - she had a first husband and the two of them had a passionate, shortlived marriage when they were young and hot and before he died as a soldier. Now she has to choose which man she spends eternity with - the plain but safe guy she was married to for decades, or the earnest heartthrob whose love was unrealized. It's a cool premise right? I mean, the details aren't super important and you can't think too hard about the details, but it really explores this question in a meaningful, emotionally resonant way, especially because choosing one means rejecting the other, both men she has made a lifelong commitment to. 

This movie is good for a lot of reasons. It's super funny, mostly highlighted from the supporting cast, and it makes a premise like this work. I also thought the performances were really good, especially by Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olson who do a great job of acting like old people in young people's bodies. Olson consistently does amazing as a yearning wife. Or maybe I'm just in love with Elizabeth Olson. 

Anyways, awesome movie, and I thought a pretty rewarding if not tidy resolution. It spurred on lots of conversation and isn't that what art is all about? 


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