"A woman named Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) arrives in the afterlife and has to choose which of her two deceased husbands to spend her afterlife with: her first husband, Luke (Callum Turner), who died in military service shortly after the pair married, or her second husband, Larry (Miles Teller), whom she was married to for 65 years and raised her family with."
"For example, each newly dead person has to choose a specific "eternity" to spend forever in, and among the infinite choices they're presented with are eternities like "smokers' world: because cancer can't kill you twice" and "capitalist world: What's the point of being rich if someone else isn't poor?" At one point, an announcement plays over a loudspeaker, issuing a reminder to the deceased: "Geopolitical differences don't matter; you're dead.""
Eternity is a big, brightly lit romantic comedy centered on Joan, who arrives in the afterlife and must choose between two deceased husbands: Luke, who died shortly after their early marriage in military service, and Larry, her husband of 65 years with whom she raised a family. The afterlife offers whimsically specific eternities and frequent jokes, including satirical choices like "smokers' world" and "capitalist world" and a loudspeaker reminder that "Geopolitical differences don't matter; you're dead." Comic performances by John Early and Da'Vine Joy Randolph supply rom-com sidekick relief, but the film's rapid-fire humor often prevents its emotional stakes from fully settling.
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