True love is forever, so it’s apt that romantic comedies— be it Powell and Pressburger’s 1946 classic A Matter of Life and Death, Warren Beatty and Buck Henry’s 1978 fantasy Heaven Can Wait, or Albert Brooks’ 1991 gem Defending Your Life—have long investigated their favorite subject via stories about the afterlife. remiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in advance of its November 14 theatrical release,
David Freyne’s Eternity, which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in advance of its Nov. 14 theatrical release, carries on that tradition with the amusing tale of a deceased woman who, at a post-life waystation, must choose to spend the rest of time with one of her two husbands.
Snappy, sweet, and moving, this crowd-pleasing winner starring Miles Tell