After.Life (2010)
Starring Christina Ricci, Justin Long, and Liam Neeson
Directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
***Currently Streaming on Netflix***
A really awful movie that goes to show that Liam Neeson (like most moderately successful actors) isn't above wasting away in a film for a paycheck.
Anna (Ricci) is a school teacher who is involved in a tragic car accident. Following the crash, she wakes up in a funeral home owned by Eliot Deacon (Neeson). Anna is insistent that she isn't dead and that Eliot is holding her captive, however Eliot tries to convince her that she has definitely moved on to the afterlife and he is simply a man who is able to talk to the dead, helping their souls move on to their next stage. Whether he's some type of medium or a murderer doesn't really matter because there's not a bit of suspense in the flick.
I can't fault the actors -- Ricci, Neeson, and Justin Long are all adequate. I can however fault the director and co-writer Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo. I hate to keep using this as a crutch critique, but After.Life looked like a horrible SyFy channel movie. If there wasn't nudity and a few F-bombs thrown into the mix, that's right where this would belong (I'm sure the channel has picked up the rights to air it in the upcoming years). Everything about this film looked and felt generic. There wasn't an intriguing shot in the whole thing. The score was incredibly overpowering and created whatever "suspense" there was rather than just adding to the suspense created by the visuals.
I wasted my time on it only because of Neeson...105 minutes I can't get back. That being said, if you're really into incredibly pale, uncomfortably skinny, corpsey-looking female nudity then this film's for you. [Side Note: What's up with the period in the title? After.Life? Ridiculous.]
The RyMickey Rating: D-
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