Matt Damon stars as a “gifted” connection between the living and the people they have lost.
Being able to talk to the dead may seem like a fantastic superpower, but Damon would disagree, he spends his days in dark isolation, trying to avoid the person he really is. Having given up the spiritual spokesperson job for more blue collar work, George Lonegan keeps finding himself being pulled back to his old life, as those who discover his ability pursue him for it.
The film also follows a French journalist who was caught up in a tsunami, who almost died, but managed to survive after experiencing visions of the dead, as well as a young English boy whose twin brother dies in an accident.
All of these people struggle with the difficulties of death, but all have varying degrees of suffering as well as varying coping methods.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, many will be disappointed to hear that this film is quite boring. It moves at a snail’s pace, and takes a very long time to make quite simple points. It has a nice atmosphere to it, creating subtle poignant moments of drama, but for the most part, it is redundant, which is nothing like most of Eastwood’s films! Without Damon, I don’t think this film would have made a cinematic release, and would have gone straight to DVD and daytime TV.
The premise of this film is good, but the execution is depressingly flat. Watch only if you enjoy a leisurely pace and tender dramas.
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