Notwithstanding my overall opinion, it's indeed a fascinating concept.
I, for one, have always wondered about the possibility of an afterlife. In my teenage years I used to ponder, What if scientists, professionals researching in the field, suddenly get their hands on some concrete evidence, some irrefutable proof about life after death?
What would it be like to live in a world knowing that death wouldn't mean the end of it; it would all just be a transitional phase, merely a point of our existence from where we can start afresh?
"Next Exit" came real close to exploring those ideas in a way I crave, yes I used the term 'close' because if judged on the whole, the film did flounder its golden opportunity to be something significant, and the main reason behind its inefficacy was the human drama, or rather the faltering nature of it.
Now, I'm not blaming the actors; both Katie and Rahul tried their best, but the characters, particularly the way in which they were written. I could not sympathise with either of the leads, and that left me in a difficult situation because I really wanted to care, and to be honest, for these stories to work properly, it was imperative for me to build a connection, which I couldn't, and that's unfortunate.
I, for one, have always wondered about the possibility of an afterlife. In my teenage years I used to ponder, What if scientists, professionals researching in the field, suddenly get their hands on some concrete evidence, some irrefutable proof about life after death?
What would it be like to live in a world knowing that death wouldn't mean the end of it; it would all just be a transitional phase, merely a point of our existence from where we can start afresh?
"Next Exit" came real close to exploring those ideas in a way I crave, yes I used the term 'close' because if judged on the whole, the film did flounder its golden opportunity to be something significant, and the main reason behind its inefficacy was the human drama, or rather the faltering nature of it.
Now, I'm not blaming the actors; both Katie and Rahul tried their best, but the characters, particularly the way in which they were written. I could not sympathise with either of the leads, and that left me in a difficult situation because I really wanted to care, and to be honest, for these stories to work properly, it was imperative for me to build a connection, which I couldn't, and that's unfortunate.