The film is surprisingly vague in themes outside of the ones that hit you on the head. It never attempts to answer the elephant in the room, and I think that was the right choice, instead focusing on its characters, allowing the audience to interpret their experiences for themselves and how it relates to their own perspective on mortality.
The film does look beautiful but is fairly unambitious. For a film opening up so many different conversations, it would have been nice to see the director take more risks to enforce them.
The acting in this film is mostly great with Taraji P. Henson and Tilda Swinton being standouts, although Brad Pitt gives one of the stalest Oscar nominated performances I have ever seen. He looks bored throughout most of this movie, making it hard to relate to his character, a huge disappointment to watch compared to his other great works.
The main issue with the film for me is its length, having a near 3 hours runtime where some stories drag unnecessarily.
A well-made fantasy drama that I am unlikely to rewatch.
The film does look beautiful but is fairly unambitious. For a film opening up so many different conversations, it would have been nice to see the director take more risks to enforce them.
The acting in this film is mostly great with Taraji P. Henson and Tilda Swinton being standouts, although Brad Pitt gives one of the stalest Oscar nominated performances I have ever seen. He looks bored throughout most of this movie, making it hard to relate to his character, a huge disappointment to watch compared to his other great works.
The main issue with the film for me is its length, having a near 3 hours runtime where some stories drag unnecessarily.
A well-made fantasy drama that I am unlikely to rewatch.