My Favorite Movie Of 2025 (So Far)!
I came into writer/director David Freyne's Eternity with no expectations other than it seeming like an interesting premise and the star casting of Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, & Callum Turner (amongst others). I left the theater thinking the film is likely the best I've seen in 2025 so far!
For a very basic overview, Eternity tells the story of Joan (Olsen), who is thrust into an impossible situation: while in a sort of "limbo" waiting to decide on her afterlife eternity, she must choose between longtime husband Larry (Teller) or her first love Luke (Turner) who was killed in military combat. With whom will she choose to ride off into eternity with?!
The hallmark of Eternity is how it can so seemingly effortlessly be a hilarious comedy and a very poignant, emotional drama.
It starts with all the cast possessing instinctual and impeccable comedic timing. This goes for the aforementioned three leads, and also for supporting players Da'Vine Joy Randolph & John Early. One could place this flick in the "comedy" section/genre and it wouldn't be at all out of place.
At the same time, the script from Freyne and Patrick Cunnane really digs deep to the heart of relationships and how different each emotional bond can be. Viewers will sympathize with Joan's impossible conundrum and begin applying it internally. The film also goes down some ambitious roads that normally wouldn't be ventured in a rom-com, lending further emotional depth.
What does this all add up to? An incredible mix of humor and heart that caught me completely off guard in how entertained and moved I was all the way through. Though there are certainly some movies left on the '25 slate that could eclipse Eternity on my personal rankings, it for now resides at the very top! Perhaps best of all: it can appeal to audiences from teens all the way up to the oldest of cinema-goers.
For a very basic overview, Eternity tells the story of Joan (Olsen), who is thrust into an impossible situation: while in a sort of "limbo" waiting to decide on her afterlife eternity, she must choose between longtime husband Larry (Teller) or her first love Luke (Turner) who was killed in military combat. With whom will she choose to ride off into eternity with?!
The hallmark of Eternity is how it can so seemingly effortlessly be a hilarious comedy and a very poignant, emotional drama.
It starts with all the cast possessing instinctual and impeccable comedic timing. This goes for the aforementioned three leads, and also for supporting players Da'Vine Joy Randolph & John Early. One could place this flick in the "comedy" section/genre and it wouldn't be at all out of place.
At the same time, the script from Freyne and Patrick Cunnane really digs deep to the heart of relationships and how different each emotional bond can be. Viewers will sympathize with Joan's impossible conundrum and begin applying it internally. The film also goes down some ambitious roads that normally wouldn't be ventured in a rom-com, lending further emotional depth.
What does this all add up to? An incredible mix of humor and heart that caught me completely off guard in how entertained and moved I was all the way through. Though there are certainly some movies left on the '25 slate that could eclipse Eternity on my personal rankings, it for now resides at the very top! Perhaps best of all: it can appeal to audiences from teens all the way up to the oldest of cinema-goers.
- zkonedog
- 28 de nov. de 2025