I’ve never seen Clint Eastwood turn out a bad film. But I’m approaching his next glossy flick with a bit of trepidation. Is Hereafter really as schmaltzy as it seems, or is this just a case of the wrong trailer? You decide!
Hereafter tells the story of three people affected by death: a retired medium, played by Matt Damon, a French journalist who survives a tsunami, and a grief-stricken British schoolboy.
The movie has the potential to be profoundly moving, or profoundly cloying. On the plus side though, we’ve got Eastwood behind the camera and a script penned by Peter Morgan of Frost/Nixon and The Queen fame.
We can make our final verdict when Hereafter hits American theaters on October 22.
