An American factory worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.An American factory worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.An American factory worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 15 nominations total
- Island Hotel Clerk
- (as Cyndi Mayo Davis)
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- TriviaThis movie was pulled from theaters in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit in March 2011.
- GoofsAfter George speaks to the hotel receptionist where Marie is staying, the receptionist resumes typing; however, nothing moves or changes on her computer monitor, which is in full view to the audience.
- Quotes
George Lonegan: I'm sorry, I'm losing him now. He's... he's leaving. He wants to leave.
Marcus: No, Jase. Don't go. You can't.
[starts crying]
Marcus: Don't leave me. I don't wanna be here without you. Please, Jase, don't go. I miss you.
George Lonegan: Okay, he came back. He's here. He says if you're worried about being on your own, don't be. You're not. Because he is you and you are him. One cell. One person. Always.
- Crazy creditsThe mid 80s-late 90s Warner Bros. shield is used (in black and white) at the beginning of the movie and at the end of the credits. The same Warner Bros. Shield is used alongside the Amblin logo, also in black-and-white.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Town/I'm Still Here/Easy A (2010)
- SoundtracksPiano Concerto #2
Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff
What did bother me, perhaps comes from a unique view from others reviewing the film. As one who has experienced an NDE, I was disappointed with both the flimsy, and undeveloped view of the female lead's experience, and the ambiguous way in which her story unfolded.
On one hand, we have a character whose NDE was so life-altering, as to divert her from her primary job as a political reporter, into someone who writes a book extolling the difficulty in revealing the truth in the modern media world about the validity of the NDE experience. The dust jacket on her book, as well as casual references to her research, talk about all of the expert testimony that support the overwhelming facts about NDE experiences, and the correlation between science and the afterlife. And then the movie tells us nothing.
The script (or perhaps what was left after Eastwood edited the script) simply glosses over anything substantial in the way of research, except to talk about a Nobel laureate who was ridiculed after revealing his research. One line...out of over two and a half hours of script.
The question to me, is why start the conversation, if you aren't going to offer even a small slice of the answers? The research is voluminous. Those of us who have experienced an NDE know that it is far more than a chemical reaction to the body starting to shut down. Much more.
But, all we are left with in this movie, is a lead character who doesn't want to acknowledge his gift, even in the face of those around him who believe in a "hereafter," more than he does.
Anyone who has experienced an NDE will find this movie sadly unfulfilling. But perhaps, it will bring many more of us to admit to what happened, and start a much more meaningful dialogue about the facts.
As a few of the younger reviewers mentioned, a vast majority of the audience was over 50. No doubt many of those there were looking for answers about the "aferlife," for one reason or another.
It would have been a great chance to tell the world something substantial. But in the end the movie was a nice idea, with slow execution...and painfully unfulfilling.
- patricjmiller
- Oct 21, 2010
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Thế Giới Bên Kia
- Filming locations
- Front Street, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA(tsunami scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,746,941
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $220,322
- Oct 17, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $106,956,330
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1