After.Life

Ratings: 5.7/10
Film Class: C
Genre: Horror Mystery

A young woman (Christina Ricci) wakes up in a mortuary to find herself being "prepared" by a funeral director (Liam Neeson) for her funeral in a few days time. The movie title creates that additional sense of suspense, and the movie poster's provocative's attraction was eminent throughout the movie... basically, it's Christina Ricci's debut bare-it-all movie.

Though it was quite the experience, Christina Ricci's body speaks louder than her words and expressions. Haven't caught any of her movies but this movie has put her in the same category as Tara Reid, Hollywood actresses who can't act, who can only bare.

Liam Neeson was exceptional as always, and Justin Long was the only "normal" aspect of the movie, acting wise as well. I have to do this movie that little bit of justice but mentioning the well use of color visuals every now and then. But apart from that, its greatest demerit, was its script. Didn't know what it was driving at, and though it had so much potential to be something more, the director didn't seem clear about the script. Too many redundant scenes, built up that horror genre when it fact, it would have been better brought across as a suspense thriller.

And because of those scenes, created too many loopholes in the movie. *major spoilers ahead* If you really think about it, this movie really has nothing to do with the after life. It's a suspense thriller for sure, and those horror scenes of scary looking old women talking to Christina Ricci were just uncalled for. The little boy who could supposedly see dead people... holy... love the irony, but hated the connections.

However, though almost flop-like, it was a movie I didn't regret watching. Wasn't sure if it was due to the cast, the nudity, the striking and interesting takes, or the half a**ed script, but when put together, everything seemed forgivable.