Rating:

I had some trouble rating this movie. Mostly because it’s actually a pretty solid thing, a good idea, an original script (written by the director among other people), and it’s nice visually. Also it has really good acting from the two main characters. Especially Liam Neeson – the guy still has it. So why isn’t it one of those “4 star and up” movies?

The movie revolves around Anna, a girl who supposedly died in car acciddent. Supposedly? Well yeah, because she lands in the morgue, where the creepy mortitian prepares her for her last journey. Yeah – he apparently can see the dead and see them “walk and talk”. So she’s walking, talking, feeling pretty alive, yet everyone thinks she’s dead. And Elliot, the mortitian, does seem a bit odd sometimes, so we don’t really know if she’s dead and he’s crazy, or if she’s alive and he’s crazy and a psychopath. And the whole argument whether she’s alive or dead seems to occupy most of the forum talk about this movie, eclipsing the fact if it’s any good or not.

The whole idea about death and whether we really are dead or just dead-inside, but living is a nice thing to explore. Yeah. But there’s also a riddle in here, and like most riddles it has some parts of the plot suggesting one answer, while other parts suggest another. The problem with it is that sometimes these things contradict each other. Thus making it seem like they’re added “for the sake of mystery” and can get quite annoying. Also the actor that plays the “boyfriend” – ehhh, there’s something about him that every time he’s on screen you’d like to fastforward. Great music, good atmosphere and a clever idea will amount to a solid 3/5. And I’m curious to see another movie from the same team of people. They got the writing good, and since it’s a debut we can only hope it’ll be even better next time.