Life is the symptom. Death is the cure.
After a horrific car accident, Anna (Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over the other side.
Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rating: 7.3/10 (156 votes)
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: Lleju Productions
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Posted on: April 9, 2010
April 9th, 2010
A strong, intelligent story. Great performances. But it was the overalllook that really blew me away. Beautiful colors and striking visuals –especially with Anna in a vibrant red slip lying on a white slab in acold gray room. Stunning! This unusual and very original film will notbe to everyone’s taste, but audiences who enjoy thoughtful, provocativefilm-making will be delighted to find something in the theaters that’snot a gore-fest or comic book.
April 11th, 2010
This movie completely blew me away. It's not your ordinary Hollywoodgenre film, it's literally extra-ordinary. Yes, it's a genre film. Andyes, it has gory scenes and some very scary scenes. But it's theoverall creepiness of the film that really gets under your skin. Iliterally cannot stop thinking about the film and still get shiversthinking of it.
It also has some hilarious dark humor. The director subtly pokes fun atsome of the clichés of horror/thriller films. Like when a policeofficer comes to see his brother's corpse. You think he's going to saveAnna (Christina Ricci) but what happens is so darkly twisted that itwill literally take your breath away! Liam Neeson was particularly goodas the sinister undertaker. He has this amazing presence. I also waspleasantly surprised by how good Justin Long was. It's not his usualrole and he was exceptional.
But more than anything else this is a stunningly beautiful film. Thecolors and visuals of the movie are extremely powerful and really helpcreate a weird and very creepy world.
An extraordinary film. Definitely catch it when it's released incinemas!