- Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- December 5th 2025
- 114
- David Freyne
Elizabeth Olsen is forced to choose between Miles Teller and Callum Turner in the old-fashioned romantic comedy Eternity.
If the afterlife were indeed real, what type of eternity would you choose to live in? And who would choose to spend it with? That’s the big dilemma facing Elizabeth Olsen in Eternity.
In this fantasy romantic comedy, Olsen plays Joan, an elderly woman who dies following a battle with cancer and arrives at the junction, an in-between zone between life and the afterlife, at the age when she was happiest.
She is reunited with her husband of 65 years, Larry (Miles Teller), who died several days before after choking on a pretzel. But there’s a snag – her first husband, Luke (Callum Turner), who died in the Korean War, is also there, and he’s been waiting for her for 67 years.
Joan has a huge conundrum on her hands. Which husband should she pick – the one she’s been married to for 65 years or the one who’s been waiting for her for 67? It’s an impossible decision, especially when you know the afterlife choice cannot be undone. Ever.
Eternity, directed by David Freyne, is an old-school screwball comedy with heightened, hilarious performances, particularly at the beginning. The dynamics between the trio – as well as their afterlife coordinators Anna (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and Ryan (John Early) – are so rich, juicy and fun.
Olsen and Randolph are the standouts of the ensemble. Joan runs a gamut of emotions over the course of the film, such as overwhelmed, emotional and defiant, and Olsen navigates these beats with ease, giving us a performance that’s both funny and moving.
Oscar winner Randolph steals every scene with her creative line deliveries and brilliant facial expressions. She injects so much personality into her thinly written character and makes the most out of every line. She is responsible for most of the laughs too.
The excellent performances and imaginative concept are unfortunately let down by the runtime and pacing. Eternity should have been 90 to 100 minutes, but it’s 114 minutes, and you really start to feel it by the end. Just when you think it’s reaching a conclusion, it goes on for another 20 minutes!
The first half of Eternity is an absolute delight and cannot be faulted, so it’s a real shame that the second half drags and is far longer than it needed to be.
In cinemas from Friday 5th December
By Hannah Wales
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