"In this afterlife, everyone gets one shot at choosing where - and with whom - they'll spend eternity, guided (and occasionally harassed) by an overworked Afterlife Coordinator on a strict deadline. Once the decision is made, it's final. A few souls try to wriggle out of their choice, but escapees are hunted down and flung into the void. Not a place where anyone wants to be."
"Joan can pick the dependable but unglamorous Larry (Miles Teller) or her youthful love, Luke (Callum Turner) who died a war hero. Everyone in this post-life holding area is restored to the physical age when they were happiest. Troublingly for Larry, Joan is the age she was when she married Luke, and when she kissed him goodbye before his fateful posting overseas."
Eternity places recently deceased souls in an afterlife holding area where each person has one irrevocable choice about where and with whom to spend eternity, overseen by an overworked Afterlife Coordinator on a strict deadline. Joan confronts a choice between steady husband Larry and youthful first husband Luke, with everyone restored to the physical age when happiest. The premise interrogates whether love requires mortality to mean anything, arguing that ordinary love involves recognition, duty, and limits rather than eternal happiness. The story treats philosophical themes lightly with upbeat humor and presents an afterlife that is as bewildering as life.
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