When Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) passes away she ends up in the afterlife where she has one week to decide where to spend eternity. However she has to pick between the man she spent her life with or her first love who has waited over 60 years for her. The impossible choice between the handsome Callum Turner and Miles Teller drives this love triangle rom-com.

The premise is intriguing, immediately  contemplating how you’d try to figure out that sticky situation, how does your heart know what it wants let alone picking somewhere to spend the rest of your eternity.

As a film centred on great love and death there are emotional punches, and heart wrenching dialogue as Joan navigates her past. But there are also so so many laugh out loud moments as well. And the humour was refreshingly authentic, the jokes never felt forced or like a wink to the audience. The cast delivered quips and moments of humour with as much ease as the heavy moments, an impressive feat. 

Sometimes you find a film that you can feel the passion it was made with, the love oozing out of each scene, a project that each person involved must have given their all and then some. Eternity is a film that has been made with a lot of love. The keen eye to the incredibly detailed world building got me so excited. While I enjoyed the plot, my eyes were hungry for all the production design elements of this afterlife, brochures and background characters, different costuming, and the ever delightful retro aesthetics. I want to see it again for all the Easter egg hunting. 

The charming film keeps moving along with expected and unexpected turns. Teller and Olsen really shine brightly in their parts, nailing the old person in a young body persona. Da’Vine Joy Randolph and John Early as workers in the afterlife are as invested in the love triangle as the audience and are the onscreen representation of Team Larry and Team Luke. 

Eternity is a rom-com with big questions, a big heart, a world you’ll want to get lost in and a charismatic cast that will have you falling in love with love. 

★★★★.5