Eternity

Eternity takes an idea – life after death – a potentially heavy idea and turns it into something light, funny, and surprisingly enjoyable. The story begins when Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) dies and arrives at the big train station in the sky where everyone goes to choose their eternity. Her main dilemma is choosing between eternity with Luke (Callum Turner, engaged to Dua Lipa) her first husband who died young, or Larry (Miles Teller), her second husband of 67 years. The three people negotiating eternity together leads to many awkwardly funny moments.

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Tuner © 2025 A24 − All right reserved.

One of the movie’s best touches is the blink‑and‑you’ll‑miss‑them ads for different afterlife destinations: Man Free World, Paris in the ’20s, Studio 54, and “Germany with 100% Less Nazis.” These advertisements give the afterlife a playful, theme‑park feel. There is also a great moment with a guy fleeing Museum World yelling, “I can’t look at another painting,” which captures the film’s tone – clever, funny, and not too serious.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings a warm charm as an Afterlife Consultant guiding one of the trios through the process, amusing how she makes it a competition with the other Afterlife Consultant. Elizabeth Olsen, as always, delivers emotional depth without dragging the movie into melodrama, and she gets a few scenes that stretch her acting ability in a satisfying way.

Afterlife Consultants – Da’Vine Joy Randolph and John Early © 2025 A24 − All right reserved.

The film also slips in some commentary about how even the afterlife can have outdated rules that do not make sense. For example, in the afterlife you could still go to “hell” if you break a rule.

The ending doesn’t aim for tears, but it lands with a sweet, gentle “aww” that does satisfy. Eternity is not trying to be profound or religious — it’s just trying to make you smile about the great unknown, and it succeeds.

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