A Paler Shade of White
08. Apr, 2010 
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After.Life
The Neverending Purgastory
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Christina Ricci has looked like a ghost before (Addams Family), chilled with one (Casper) and now is one in After.Life, a tricky lil film that plays with our minds and itself, but almost too late into it to ensure an all around ghoul time. Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo(no relation to Arnold?)’s full length debut has definitely got something going for it (certainly not child actor Chandler Canterbury), but the difficulty of relaying this ‘it’ makes ‘it’ basically close the coffin shut before we can pay our full respects
Liam Neeson is our cool and quiet funeral director with the ‘gift’ to interact with the dead, which you’d think would come in handy in his line of work. He loves his job, and Neeson seems to love the role (no hammy Kraken releasing here!), but his character despises his ability, as the dead are filled with so many nagging questions, doubts and the fact that they’re not alive. His latest customer is Ricci, who wasn’t very happy living, but is now trying to get back there, where her boyfriend (Justin Long) waits impatiently as well. Moans! Groans!
Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s leaves the door open on Ricci’s mortality, but Neeson the caretaker has his own say on the matter, as his motivation for her, as well as his other stiffs, is rooted on his own sense of morality. It’s an interesting jumble, but like we said, one that pops in a little too far into the events to make this yard grave. Yet without it, After.Life would juss be the least interesting episode of Six Feet Under you’ve ever seen. Stick a shovel in it!
McCourt’s In Session: Frank McCourt‘s younger brother Malachy pops in briefly as a priest. it’s a role he’s played about ten other times, most notably on HBO’s Oz
Verdictgo:Â Sum Merit But No Stinkin Badges
Life barely breathes tomorrow in limited release
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
