Hereafter
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: October 15, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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17
Mixed:
21
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 21, 2010
What's much more fascinating and enriching is Eastwood's Olympian vision, the sympathetic and all-encompassing understanding of the pain and grandeur of life on earth. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOct 21, 2010
This is a film for intelligent people who are naturally curious about what happens when the shutters close. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 21, 2010
This is quiet but potent filmmaking that believes nothing is more important than the story it has to tell. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 21, 2010
One of the reasons that Hereafter works as well as it does - it has the power to haunt the skeptical, to mystify the credulous and to fascinate everyone in between. Read full review
88
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottOct 22, 2010
As a result, Hereafter isn't so deep that it will change the way many people think about the afterlife. But it is heartfelt and thoughtful and, in a way, comforting. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaOct 21, 2010
Eastwood and Morgan's movie, with its epic natural disasters (and a terrifying, man-made one) is optimistic. Hokey, even. But it's beautiful, too. Read full review
88
USA TodayClaudia PuigOct 21, 2010
It calmly examines death, grief and melancholy, packing an unexpectedly profound emotional gut-punch. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 21, 2010
Damon's portrayal is perfectly understated yet powerful. It's also sneaky; you don't realize how invested you've become in it until the final act, when the characters' stories merge in what seems like too much of a rushed coincidence. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttOct 21, 2010
The film never is less than intriguing, right from its tour de force opening sequence, and often full of insights into why people long for answers, sometimes with great urgency. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 21, 2010
Hereafter is a fascinating, absorbing motion picture, but will work only for those willing to surrender to the story as it unspools at its own deliberate rate. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 21, 2010
A multi-character melodrama about the supernatural that's affecting both in spite of and because of its flaws. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedOct 21, 2010
There is plenty of excitement and pulse in Hereafter, as well as a reluctance to provide easy answers to life's great mysteries. I'm happy to see a great director take on the challenge of new and different material with his customary grace and impressive two-fisted technique intact. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 21, 2010
Hereafter, set to a resonant Eastwood score, truly is haunting. Read full review
70
TimeRichard CorlissOct 21, 2010
The movie will divide some Eastwood fans, conquer others. The naysayers will be grateful that, from this healthy, workaholic actor-director, there is always the promise of a good movie - if not here, then hereafter. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesOct 21, 2010
Lacks the toughness of Eastwood's best work. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangOct 21, 2010
A beguiling blend of the audacious and the familiar; it dances right on the edge of the ridiculous and at times even crosses over, but is armored against risibility by its deep pockets of emotion, sly humor and matter-of-fact approach to the fantastical. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOct 21, 2010
The signature Eastwoodian music that the director lays over the proceedings - piano tinkle, guitar pluck, and an echo of Rachmaninoff out of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter - can't hold the assemblage together. Read full review
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