After Life Reviews

There’s a lot wrong with this movie — but there’s also a lot they got right.

First half is immediately immersive, and in its entirety it’s creative, emotional as hell, and meaningful
However the movie was sorta split in two, the first half was unfinished and the 2nd didn’t start

It was something of a slow burn for me, and in it’s way unique but after so many similar recent projects I have to say that somehow I thought Kore-Eda could’ve exceeded all my expectations which sadly is not the case here, but for sure I’ll revisit this on a rainy day!

“I was part of someone else’s happiness. What a wonderful discovery.”

I’ve never seen any film like this before, the way it portrays the afterlife with the same style you would shoot a documentary about an office building is amazing and the ideas behind it are unique

so good

Not bad

Great concept, just in my opinion executed poorly. Characters lacked depth and overall the movie felt like a drag

Didn’t find the characters or storytelling memorable. Given the slow pace and lack of drama, there needed to be a hook in the softer elements and there wasn’t one there for me.