Hereafter
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Cecil De France, Frankie and George McLaren, and Bryce Dallas Howard
In the last ten years, Oscar winner
Clint Eastwood
has directed:
Mystic River
,
Million Dollar Baby
,
Flags of Our Fathers
,
Letters From Iwo Jima
,
Changeling
,
Gran Torino
, and
Invictus
. The term living legend is used frequently in Hollywood. For Eastwood, that description barley does the man justice.
Hereafter
is not his greatest cinematic achievement but it is still one of the best movies this year. It is a solid addition to an already amazing body of work.
Eastwood presents three interconnected stories that deal with life after death. The movie opens with the beautiful
Cecil De France (High Tension)
on vacation in a scenic coastal village. The tide suddenly rushes away from the shore and a truly horrifying tsunami sequence follows. Cecil is washed away in the surge of water and before she is revived she experiences a white light and images of people around her. Upon returning to Paris, she is unable to move on with her life as a famous news anchor and is consumed with what she experienced.