After.Life (2009) Reviews

It is another DVD I had for more than a year on my shelves and I'm glad I finally watched it. The fact that two of my favorites Listal members actually advised me not to watch it probably influenced me pushing it indefinitely but since Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson were involved, I still wanted to check it out. Well, it was indeed not really good I'm afraid. The point is that there was definitely a good story, there somewhere, but I thought that the directing was really underwhelming and I had a terribly hard time to care about the whole thing. I don't know, for starters, I thought the whole thing looked terribly phony (the funeral home, the school,...). Furthermore, it was also rather annoying how the director tried to trick you all the way about the fact that she might be dead or not. It felt also rather phony and manufactured. Finally, why on Earth was Christina Ricci completely naked during half of the movie?!? Not that I complain about it but I wonder how it provided any support for the story. Still, I give it a few extra points just because the actors involved (Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long) were trying something really different than their usual work. Still, to conclude, I think I'm being really generous with my rating here, I didn't like it much and I don't think it is really worth a look.